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Blanch Fee
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Or Blanch Holding (from Fr. blanc, white), an ancient tenure in Scottish land law, the duty payable being in silver or white money in contradistinction to gold. The phrase was afterwards applied to any holding of which the quit-rent was merely nominal, such as a penny, a peppercorn, &c.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Blanch Fee'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/blanch-fee.html. 1910.