acknowledgement+of+payment
131Mortuary — 1) A payment due on death of the parish church (or, from incumbents, to the bishop) in acknowledgement of spiritual subjection. Usually either a beast or a robe, but precise demands and liabilities varied. (Swanson. , 367) 2) Death duty paid by… …
132amends — n 1. reparation, compensation, recompense, satisfaction; requital, quittance, payment, Literary. guerdon; indemnification, indemnity, restitution, restoration, remedy, redress; atonement, expiation; reward, retribution, return, salvage,… …
