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Cert-money, or head-money, was a common fine, paid annually by the residents of several manors to the lords thereof; and sometimes to the hundred; pro certo letae, for the certain keeping of the leet. This in ancient records, was called certum letae.[1]

References

  1. ^ Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopaedia, Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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