Hidage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tallage \Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See
     {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law)
     A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
     tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage},
     {taillage}.]
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     Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called
           {scutage}; when by cities and burghs, {tallage}; when
           upon lands not held by military tenure, {hidage}.
           --Blackstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hidage \Hid"age\, n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng.
     Law.)
     A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of
     land. [Written also {hydage}.]
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