Manbote
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A compensation paid the relations of a murdered man by the murderer or his friends.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A compensation paid the relations of a murdered man by the murderer or his friends.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
sax.
In Saxon law. A pecuniary compensation paid to a lord for killing his man, that is, his vassal or tenant
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Saxon law. A compensation or recormpense for homicide, particularly due to the lord for killing his man or yassal, the amount of which was regulated by that of the were.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
sax. A compensation for homicide, due the lord for killing his vassal, the amount of which was regulated by the were.