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Earl's Third Penny

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In the county court and in every hundred court the king was entitled to but two-thirds of the proceeds of justice and the earl got the other third, except perhaps in some exceptional cases. Maitl., Domesday and Beyond 95.