Bloodwit
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An amercement for. bloodshed.
Cowell.
The privilege of taking such amercements. Skene de Verb. Sign. A privilege or exemption from paying a fine or amercement assessed for bloodshed. Cowell; Kennett, Par. Ant.; Termes de la Ley. in a person caught trespassing in the forest against venison, was one of the four kinds of circumstantial evidence of his having killed deer, although he was not found in the act of chasing or hunting. Manw. For. Law; Cowell. See "Backbear." Corresponds to the Scotch "Red Hand." Blount.