Adulterium
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. Adultery, (q. v.) In old English law. A fine imposed for the offence of adultery and fornication, (Sax. lefferwite, or lairmte, q. v.); the privilege of imposing such a fine, which the lords of some manors possessed. Spelman, Domesday Book, cited ibid,