What is CHEVAGE? Definition of CHEVAGE in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
A sum of money paid by villeins to their lords in acknowledgment of their bondage.
It was exacted for permission to marry, and also permission to remain without the dominion of the lord. When paid to the king, It was called subjection. Termes de la Ley; Co.Litt. 140 a;, Spelman, Gloss.
Chevage seems also to have been used for a sum of money yearly given to a man of power for his countenance and protection as a chief or leader. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.
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