Adulterium
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A fine imposed for the commission of adultery. Barr. Obs..St. 62, note.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A fine imposed for the commission of adultery. Barrington, Stat 62, n.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A fine anciently imposed as a punishment for the commission of adultery.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. A fine anciently imposed for adultery or fornication.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. Adultery, (q. v.)
In old English law. A fine imposed for the offence of adultery and fornication, (Sax. lefferwite, or lairmte, q. v.); the privilege of imposing such a fine, which the lords of some manors possessed. Spelman, Domesday Book, cited ibid,