Damage-clere

Concept of “Damage-clere”

Traditional meaning of damage-clere in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) A fee formerly due the chief clerk from a plaintiff recovering damages in the K. B. and C. P. Damage-feasant: doing damage, a term applied to cattle trespassing; see Robinson’s Elementary Law Rev. ed.; § 242.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Damage-clere”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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