Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
gainage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) See
gainage , a.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, law, obsolete
gainage
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Examples
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A freeman shall not be amerced for a slight offense, except in accordance with the degree of the offense; and for a grave offense he shall be amerced in accordance with the gravity of the offense, yet saving always his "contentment;" and a merchant in the same way, saving his "merchandise;" and a villein shall be amerced in the same way, saving his "wainage" -- if they have fallen into our mercy: and none of the aforesaid amercements shall be impsed except by the oath of honest men of the neighborhood.
The Magna Carta Anonymous
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And a villein shall be amerced after the same manner, saving to him his wainage, if he falls under our mercy; and none of the aforesaid amerciaments shall be assessed but by the oath of honest men in the neighbourhood.
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871
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A freeman shall not be amerced for a slight offense, except in accordance with the degree of the offense; and for a grave offense he shall be amerced in accordance with the gravity of the offense, yet saving always his "contentment"; and a merchant in the same way, saving his "merchandise"; and a villein shall be amerced in the same way, saving his "wainage" if they have fallen into our mercy: and none of the aforesaid amercements shall be imposed except by the oath of honest men of the neighborhood.
The Magna Carta Anonymous
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(Rolls Series.) [12] "Clause by clause the rights of the commons are provided for as well as the rights of the nobles; the interest of the freeholder is everywhere coupled with that of the barons and knights; the stock of the merchant and the wainage of the villein are preserved from undue severity of amercement as well as the settled estate of the earldom or barony.
The Rise of the Democracy Joseph Clayton
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