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Murdrum

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Murdrum, the secret killing of another, also the amercement to which the vill wherein it was committed, or, if that were too poor, the whole hundred, was liable, 4 Bl.Com. 195.

As to the rates of compensation for murder amongst the Anglo-Saxons, see 2 Hall. Mid. Ages, 133.

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