assithment
assithment is the dated form of assythment.
Meaning of assythment
Noun
assythment (countable and uncountable, plural assythments)
- Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.
- It may be observed that assythment is not due to the next of kin of a person slain where the offender hath by the exertion of public justice suffered the punishment due to his crime; but whether it can be demanded from the king's donatary where the criminal hath fled from justice and forfeited his...1871, John Erskine, An Institute of the Law of Scotland, volume 2, page 1235
Forms of assithment
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Questions about assithment
- What is assithment the dated form of?
- Assithment is the dated form of assythment.
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