Cenegild

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Saxon law. A pecuniary mulct or fine paid to the relations of a murdered person by the murderer or his relations. Spelman.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A fine paid by a murderer to his victim relatives.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Saxon law. An expiatory mulct or fine paid to the relations of a murdered person by the murderer or his relations. Spelman.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Saxon law. A mulct paid by one who had killed another, to the relatives of the deceased.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Saxon law. An expiatory mulct or fine paid to the relations of a murdered person by the murderer or his relations, Spelman. CENELLA In old records. Acorns,

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

sax. A mulct paid by the slayer to the kin of a person slain.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[Sax. cynegild; from cyn, relationship, kin, and geld, a payment.] In Saxon law. A mulct, or pecuniary composition paid by one who had killed another, to the relatives of the deceased, by way of expiation. LL. Ethels tan, c. 7. Spelman, CENELL-/E. L. Lat. Acorns. Cowdl,