Laudemium

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or LAUDATIOREM (Lat. a laudando domino). A fiftieth part of the purchase money, or (if no Bale) of the value of the estate • paid to the landlord {dominus) by a new emphyteuta on his succession to the estate, not as heir, but as singular successor. Voet. Com. ad Pand. lib. 6, tit. 3, §§ 26-35: Mackeld. Civ, Law, 297. In Old English Law, The tenant paid a laudemium or acknowledgment money to new landlord on the death of the old. See Blount, "Acknowledgment Money."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Money paid by a tenant to a new landlord on the death of the old one.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. In the civil law. a sum paid by a new emphyteuta (q. vt) who acquires the emphyteusis, not as heir, but as a singular successor, whether by gift, devise, exchange or sale. It was a sum equal to the fiftieth part of the purchase money, paid to the domtnus or proprietor for his acceptance of the new emphyteuta. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 328. Called, in old English law, "acknowledgment money." Cowell.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. A sum paid by a new emphyteuta (q. v.) who acqtiires the enphyteusis, nob as heir, but as a singular successor, whether by gift, devise, exchange, or sale. It was a sum equal to the fiftieth part of the purchase money, paid ) to the dominus or proprietor for his aceeptance of thenewemphyteuta. Mackeld. Kom, Law, § 828. Called, in old English law, “acknowledgment money.” Cowell,