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Hidgild

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

or HIDEGILD. A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from whipping.

Fleta, 1. 1, c. 47, § 20.