Effusio Sanguinis
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat.
In old English law
The shedding of blood; (Sax. bloodwit.) The mulct, fine, wite, or penalty imposed for the shedding of blood, which the king granted to many lords of manors.
Cowell. Tomlins.
See Bloodwit,