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Field-Ale

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

or FILKDALE. The drinking of ale by bailiffs and other officers in the field, at the expense of the hundred; an old English custom long since prohibited. Toml.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffs of hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale. Tomlins.