Excambium
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
escainbinm, cambinm, 1. 1.
In old English law. Exchange, exchange of lands; a recompense or equivalent. in value.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An exchange; a place where merchants meet to transact their business; also an equivalent in recompense; a recompense in lieu of dower ad ostium ecclesia,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Escam Jnum, Cambium, L. Lat.
In old English law. Exchange of lands. 4 Co, 121. The word implied a condition and also a warranty. Id. ibid. Exchange of money. Molloy de Jur. Mar. 313. A recompense or equivalent in value. 1 Beeves' Hist. 442, 447. 3 Id. 14. See Escam^ium.