A chiefage, or chevage, according to Henry de Bracton, was a tribute by the head; or a kind of poll{Disambiguation needed|date=March 2012}-money paid by those who held lands in villeinage, or otherwise, to their lords, in acknowledgement. The word seems also to have been used for a sum of money annually given to a man of power, for his patronage a...
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• (n.) A tribute by the head; a capitation tax.
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Chief'age (-aj)
noun [ Old French
chevage , from
chief head. See
Chief .] A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [ Written also
chevage and
chivage .] [ Obsolete]
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