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Scavage

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

SCHEVAGE, SCHEWAGE, or shewage. A kind of toll or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc., of merchant strangers, for wares showed or offered for sale within their liberties. Prohibited by 19 Hen. VII. c. 7. Cowell.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

SCHEVAGE, SCHEWAGE, or

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

schewage.

In old English law. A tribute exacted of merchants by the owners of fairs, for leave to offer their wares for sale.