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BLACK MAIL (law)


BLACK MAIL. When rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money. Vide Alba firma. white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money. Vide Alba firma.