Prisage Or Butlerage
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Prisage or Butlerage, a custom whereby the price challenges out of every bark laden with wine, two tuns of wine, at his own price. Abolished by 51 Geo. 3, c. 15. Also, that share, usually a tenth part, which belongs to the sovereign or admiral out of such merchandises as are taken at sea, by way of lawful prize, 2 Steph. Com. and 1 Br. & Had. Com. 375.
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