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Amittere

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat In the civll and old English law. To lose. Hence the old Scotch "amitt."

Amittere curiam. To lose the court; to be deprived of the privilege of attending the court.

Amittere legem terrse. To lose the protection afforded by the law of the land.

Amittere liberam legem. To lose one's frank-1 aw. A term having the same meaning as amittere legem terns, (q. v.) He who lost hie law lost the protection extended by the law to a freeman, and became subject to the same law as thralls or serfs attached to the land.