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Sheep Silver

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

A service turned into money, which was paid because anciently the tenants used to wash the lord's sheep.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A service turned into money which was paid because anciently the tenants used to wash the lord's sheep.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A service turned into money, which was paid in respect that anciently the tenants used to wash the lord's sheep. Wharton.