Feudal Law. [a. OF. cheminage right of way, f. chemin road; in Law Lat. chiminagium.] A toll formerly paid for liberty of passage through a forest.

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[1217.  Charter of Forest, § 14. Forestarius autem de feudo firmam nobis reddens pro balliva sua capiat chiminagium.]

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1594.  Crompton, Jurisdiction, 189. Chimynage, that is toll for wayfearage.

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1610.  W. Folkingham, Art of Survey, III. iv. 70.

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1617.  in J. Guest, Rotherham (1879), 381. Augt 8. Pd for Chymynage, or libertie of passage [over Rotherham Moor].

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1726.  Dict. Rust., Chiminage, a Toll for Wayfaring or passage thro’ a Forest: also, a Fee taken by Foresters throughout their Bailiwick for Timber, Bushes, &c.

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1765.  Act 5 Geo. III., c. 26 Pream., Assarts, purprestures, chiminages, piscaries.

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1817.  Ann. Reg., 1816, Chron. 303. The accounts … proved … that chiminage had anciently been levied.

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