Obs. exc. Hist. [OE. landcéap, f. land LAND sb. + céap CHEAP sb. Cf. ON. landkaup.] A customary fine paid to the lord upon the alienation of land.
c. 848. in Birch, Cartul. Sax. (1887), II. 35. Ego Berchtwulf cyning sile Forðrede minum ðeʓne niʓen hiʓida lond … he salde to lond ceape xxx mancessan & niʓen hund scillinga wið ðæm londe.
1670. Blount, Law Dict., Land cheap, a certain ancient customary Fine, paid either in Mony or Cattel, at every alienation of land lying within some Mannor, or within the liberty of some Borough.
