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Henghen

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In Saxon law. A prison, or house of correction. Anc. Inst. Eng. HENGWYTE (Saxon).

In old English law

An acquittance from a fine for hanging a thief. Fleta, lib.

1, c. 47, § 17.