Prisage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An ancient hereditary revenue of the crown, consisting in the right to take a certain quantity from cargoes of wine imported into England. In Edward I.'s reign it was converted into a pecuniary duty called "butlerage."
2 Steph. Comm. 561.
PRISE (Fr.) In Frer Kjh Law. Prize; captured property. Ord. Mar. liv.
3, tit. 9.
See "Prize." Capture, by a naval force.
Emerig.
Tr. des Assur. c.
12, sec. 18, § 1.
In Old English Law. Things taken of the king's subjects by purveyors; provisions taken for the king's use. Cowell; Artie, sup. Chart, c.
2; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 233; Pleta, lib. 2, c. 50, §21.
PRISEL EN AUTER LIEU (Law Fr.) A taking in another place; a plea in abatement in the action of replevin.
2 Ld. Raym. 1016, 1017.
PRISO (Law Lat.; Law Fr. prison, from prise, taken).
In old English law
A prisoner; a captive in war.
Spelman.
A prisoner, or imprisoned malefactor. Prisones vera, sic iinprisonati, but prisoners so imprisoned. Bracton, fol.
123.
See Fleta, lib.
1, c. 26, § 5.