Smoke Silver
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A modus of sixpence in lieu of tithe vyood. Twisdale, Hist. Vindicat. 77.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A modus of sixpence in lieu of tithe- wood. Twisdale, Hist. Vindicat. 77.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. A sum paid to the ministers of divers parishes as a modus in lieu of tithe-wood. Blount.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. A sum paid to the ministers of various parishes as a modus in lieu of tithe-wood. So help me God. The formula with which an oath concludes when the words of it are repeated by the person swearing. So help yon ttod: the formula with which the administration of an oath always concludes.