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Hidgild

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from a whipping. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, § 20.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

or HIDEGILD. A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from whipping. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 47, § 20.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from a whipping. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 47, § 20.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A sum of money paid bya villain or servant to save himself from a Whipping. Fleta, 1.1, ¢. 47, § 20,