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

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A country where an officer called a king exercises the powers of government, whether the samd be absolute or limted.

Wolff. Inst Nat § 94.

In some king- KINSBOTE (from kin, and hote, a composition). In Saxon Law. A composition for killing a kinsman. Anc. Laws & Inst of Eng. Index, Bote.