- chevage
- chevage 1.(che-va-j') s. m.————————chevage 2.(che-va-j') s. m.Action de donner au verre ramolli par la chaleur la forme d'un moule (Étym. chever).
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chevage — ● chevage nom masculin Impôt perçu par le seigneur sur un serf. ⇒CHEVAGE, subst. masc. DR. FÉOD. Capitation due par les serfs à leur seigneur, et, dans certaines régions, par les aubains et les bâtards. Les droits (...) de chevage, d aubain… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Chevage — Che vage, n. See {Chiefage}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chevage — Chiefage Chief age ( [asl]j), n. [OF. chevage, fr. chief head. See {Chief}.] A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also {chevage} and {chivage}.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chevage — /chiyvaj/ In old English law, 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 … Black's law dictionary
chevage — /chiyvaj/ In old English law, 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 … Black's law dictionary
chevage — noun A capitation tax an equal tax/tribute per person … Wiktionary
Chevage — Payment made by a *villein to his lord by way of poll tax; it was also payment made e.g. for permission to live away from the manor, as a *chapman travelling freely. The Latin word was chevagium, of which capitagium was a synonym. [< OldFr.… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Chevage — 1) Payment, typically in kind, owed annually by villein living outside the manor. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 243) 2) An annual payment made to a lord by each of his unfree tenants. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English… … Medieval glossary
chevage — che·vage … English syllables
chevage — Same as chiefage … Ballentine's law dictionary
