What does assythment mean?
Assythment means (Scots law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence..
Assythment
/əˈsʌɪðmənt/ · noun
Meaning
(Scots law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence..
Example Sentences
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 movable estate upon a sentence of fugitation, may be doubted.
I, Fergus and my Heirs and Assignies, against all deadly the foresaid Three Daughs, and the forenamed Land of Ardendraught, with their pertinents, liberties and assythments and other privileges as aforesaid.
Although there is no precise statistical analysis of assythments, bonds of manrent were only very rarely used in such circumstances.
Synonyms for assythment
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Word Forms
- assythments
- assythement
- assithment
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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 movable estate upon a sentence of fugitation, may be doubted.
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