"Poundage" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In praotioo. An allowance to the sheriff of so much in the pound upon the amount levlcd under an execution. Bowe v. Campbell, 2 Clv. Proc. R. (N. Y.) 234
The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the
amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly
in the United States, at so much of the pound.
Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public
pound.
A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for
each pound; a commission.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by
poundage.
A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted
to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
It was a glorious experience for the children to travel by rail and the panoramic views of Africa through the big glass window in the rear of the last car of the Blue Train, were beyond description. It was just as you would expect it to be, as described in a vintage National Geographic magazine, with springbok and other wild animals abounding. The distance is approximately the same as from New York City to Chicago and took an overnight. Adeline and Lucia talked late into the night as the children tried to hear what was being said. There was a lot of catching up to do, but it had been a long and exhausting day and the next thing they all knew, it was the following morning and the train was approaching Cape Town or Kaapstad in Afrikaans, affectionately known as the “Tavern of the Seas.
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In old English law. A pound; also a sum of money equal to a pound ster-ling
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