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Legem Pone
Money paid down on the nail; ready money. The first of the
psalms appointed to be read on the twenty-fifth morning of the month
is entitled Legem pone, and March 25th is the great pay-day; in
this way the phrase “Legem pone” became associated with cash
down.
“In this there is nothing to be abated; all their speech is legem
pone.” - Minshall: Essayes Prison, p. 26.
“They were all in our service for the legem pone.”
Ozell: Rabelais.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Legem Pone from Infoplease:
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