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What is a prisage?

What is a prisage? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law, Britain, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
  2. (obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
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There is also another antient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage or butlerage of wines.

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