Third Penny
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
In old English law. Of the fines and other profits of the county courts (originallyj when those courts had fhe king, and a third part or penny, to the earl of the county. See "Denarius Tertius Comltatus;" Kennett, Par. Ant. 418; CowelL
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Of the fines and other profits of the county courts (originally, when those courts had superior jurisdiction, before other courts were created) two parts were reserved to the king, and a third part or penny to the earl of the county. See Kennett, Paroch. Antiq. 418.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A portion (one-third) of the amount of all fines and other profits of the county court, which was reserved for the earl, in the early days when the jurisdiction of those courts was extensive, the remainder going to the king.
Defined under Third in Black's Law Dictionary.