Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Frendlesman

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

or FRENDLESMAN (Saxon). The ancient name of an outlaw (utlaughe) in England. So called, according to Bracton, because he forfeited his friends (quod forisfadt amicos); all persons being forbidden to give him food or shelter, or to have any communication with him. Bracton, fol.

128b.