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Gersumarius

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English. Fineable, or liable to be mulcted, fined, or amerced at the discretion of the lord.

Cowell.

GERSUME (Saxon.) In old English law. Expense; reward; compensation; wealth; especially, the consideration or fine of a contract; e. g., et pro hae concessione dedit nobis praedictus Jordanus 100 sol. sterling de gersume.

Old charter, cited Somn. Gavelkind, 177; Tabul. Reg. Ch. 377; 3 Mon. Angl. 126, 920.

It is also used for a fine or compensation for an offense.

2 Mon. Angl. 973.