Chevage
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
chivage, fr., Chevagium, I., Chiefage. A sum of money paid yearly by villeins to their lord in acknowledgment of bondage. A poll-tax paid to the King by the Jews. Chevisance,^. A bargaining, contract. A usurious agi-eement.