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BLACKMAIL , a See also:term, in See also:English See also:law, used in three See also:special meanings, at different times. The usual derivation of the second See also:half of the word is from See also:Norman Fr. maille (medalia; cf. " See also:medal "), small See also:copper See also:coin; the New English See also:Dictionary derives from " See also:mail " (q.v.), meaning See also:rent or See also:tribute. (I) The See also:primary meaning of " blackmail " was rent paid in labour, See also:grain or baser See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal (i.e. See also:money other than See also:sterling money), called reditus nigri, in contradistinction to rent paid in See also:silver or See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white money (mailles blanches). (2) In the See also:northern counties of See also:England (See also:Northumberland, See also:Westmorland and the bishopric of See also:Durham) it signified a tribute in money, See also:corn, See also:cattle or other See also:consideration exacted from farmers and small owners by freebooters in return for See also:immunity from robbers or See also:moss-troopers. By a See also:statute of 16oi it was made a See also:- FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel
felony without benefit of See also:clergy to receive or pay such tribute, but the practice lingered until the See also:union of England and See also:Scotland in 1707. (3) The word now signifies See also:extortion of money or See also:property by threats' of See also:libel, presecution, exposure, &c. See such headings as See also:COERCION, See also:CONSPIRACY, EXTORTION, and authorities quoted under CRIMINAL LAW.
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