Ship 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
A tax levied on ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties to provide money for equipping the navy. It existed in England, and was finally abolished in the reign of Charles I. after he had attempted to restore it. This attempt, and Hampden's resistance, was one cause which led to the king's death.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An imposition formerly levied on port towns and other places for fitting out ships; revived by Charles I. and abolished in the same reign. 17 Car. I. c. 14; Whart. Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. An imposition formerly levied on port-towns and other places for fitting out ships; revived by Charles I, and abolished in the same reign. 17 Car. I. c. 14,
Defined under Ship in Black's Law Dictionary.