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Frendwite

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

or FRENDWITE. A fine exacted from him who harbored an outlawed friend. Cowell; Cunningham. A quittance for for fang (exemption from the penalty of taking provisions before the king's purveyors had taken enough for the king's' necessities). Cowell.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A mulct or fine exacted from him who harbored an outlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

sax. In old bored an outlawed fang.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

inold Englishlaw. A mulct or fine exacted from him who harbored an outlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins,

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Sax. [from yr«m(f, a friend, and wite, a penalty.] In old English law. A fine exacted of one who harbored an outlawed friend. Wharton*s Lex. An acquittance or immunity from forefang, (quietantia prioris prisce.) Fleta, lib. l,c. 4Y. Cowell.