Angel
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An ancient English coin, of the value of ten shillings sterling. Jacobs, Law Diet.; Cunningham. AN GILD (Sax.). The bare, single valuation or estimation of a man or thing, according to the legal estimates. When a crime was committed, before the Conquest, the angild was the money compensation that the person who had been wronged was entitled to receive.
Maitl. Domesday Book & Beyond 274.
The terms twigild, trigild, denote twice, thrice, etc. angild. Leges Ince, c.
20; Cowell. ANHL0TE (Sax.).
A single tribute or tax.
Cunningham.
The sense is, that every one should pay, according to the custom of the country, Ms respective part and share. Spelman, Gloss.