Frendwite
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Sax. [from yr«m(f, a friend, and wite, a penalty.] In old English law. A fine exacted of one who harbored an outlawed friend. Wharton*s Lex. An acquittance or immunity from forefang, (quietantia prioris prisce.) Fleta, lib. l,c. 4Y. Cowell.