Bloodwite - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bloodwiteBloodwit, or Bloudveit
Bloodwit, or Bloudveit [fr. blod, Sax., blood, and wyte, Old Eng., pity], an amercement for bloodshed; a customary fine, paid as a composition and atonement for shedding or drawing of blood, Paroch. Antiq....
Bloodwite
A fine or amercement paid as part of a settlement for the shedding of blood also a riot wherein blood was spilled...
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