- A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over
the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as
security for payment of rent.
- Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military
accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the
death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or
chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.