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Fridstoll

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In Saxon law. A seat, chair or place of peace; an asylum, refuge, or sanctuary for offenders. Spelman; Cowell.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fridstow, Frithstow- Sax. [from /rid or frith, peace, and stol, a seat, or chair, or tttow, a place.] In Saxon law. A seat, chair or place of peace, {cathedra pads;) an asylum, refuge or sanctuary for offenders. Spelman. Cowell. Called Grithstole, in an old rhyming charter of King Athelstan. Blount, voc. Frodmortel,