In English law. A pres-tatlon or toll for every anchor cast from a ship in a port; and sometimes, though there be no anchor. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt. 2. c. 6. See 1 W. Bl. 413 et seq.; 4 Term. 262
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
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