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Passagio

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

An ancient writ addressed to the keepers of the ports to permit a man who had the king's leave to pass over sea.

Reg. Orig. 193.

PASSAGIUM(Law Lat.; Law Fr. passage, from passer, to pass.

In old English law

Passage; a passing over sea; a voyage.

Reg. Orig. 193b.

A term frequently used in the law of essoins, in the days of the Crusades. Bracton, fol.

339; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 8.