POUNDAGES
Noun
poundages
plural of poundage
Source: Wiktionary
POUNDAGE
Pound"age, n.
1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. [Eng.] Blackstone.
3. (Law)
Definition: The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound. Burrill. Bouvier.
Pound"age, v. t.
Definition: To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]
Pound"age, n. Etym: [See 3d Pound.]
1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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