Hude-Geld
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
A compensation for an assault (transgressio illata) upon a trespassing servant {servus). Supposed to be a mistake or misprint in Fleta for hinegeld. Pleta, lib.
1, c. 47, § 20.
Also, the price of one's skin, or the money paid by a servant to save himself from a whipping. Du Cange.