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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mail \Mail\, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See
   Medal.]
   1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver
      half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also
      maile, and maille.]
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   2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and
      phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.]
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   Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in
      whatever form paid.
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2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MAILE, ancient English law. A small piece of money; it also signified a 
rent, because the rent was paid with maile. 



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