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Lairesite

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The name of a fine imposed upon those who committed adultery or fornication. Tech. Diet.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A fine for adultery.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

layrwit,(leirwyte, legerwit, law. A fine for committing adultery

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or LAIRESITE. A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors. 4 Inst. 206.