is used for a duty in money, to be paid by the sheriff on his account, in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands: 2 & 3 Edw. VI. c. 4.

PREST-MONEY, is so called from the French word press, that is, promptus, expeditus; for that it binds those who receive it, to be ready at all times appointed, being commonly meant of soldiers.