Possession Money
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An allowance to one put in possession of goods taken under writ of fieri facias. Holthouse. POSSESSION VAUT TITRE (Pr.) In English law, as in most systems of jurisprudence, the fact of possession raises 3 prima facie title or a presumption of the right of property in the thing possessed. In other words, the possession is as good as the title (about). Brown.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An allowance to one put in possession of goods taken under writ of fieri facias. Holtbouse, Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. The man whom the sheriff puts in possession of goods taken under a writ of fieri facias is entitled, while he continues so in possession, to a certain sum of money per diem, which is thence termed "possession money." The amount is 3s. 6d. per day if he is boarded, or 5s. per day if he is not boarded. Brown.
Defined under Possession in Black's Law Dictionary.