Assythment
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
assithment. In Scots law. maiming or laming a person; an derer to the heirs of the murdered brought by the heirs or the personal
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
assithment. An action in Scotch law, brought by the relatives or personal representatives of a murdered person against the guilty person before the trial of the latter. Damages were awarded called an assythment, whence the name of the action.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
in the Scotch first instance, so that the property law, is an indemnification which a attached may respond to the exicriminal is bound to make to the gency of the writ, and satisfy the party injured or his executors, though judgment. the crime itself should be extin- In New York, when a person who ished by pardon. Ersk. Pr. L. is indebted within the state, ab- Scot. 4, 3, 13. - sconds, or is concealed, a creditor to