Peppercorn
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A dried pepper berry. In England, the payment of a peppercorn is sometimes stipulated where a nominal consideration is intended.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A pepper berry, used as a nominal consideration in contracts.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A dried berry of the black pepper. In English law, the reservation of a merely nominal rent, on a lease, is semetimes expressed by a stipulation for the payment of a peppercorn.