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Raunsom

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

or RAUNSOME (Law Fr.)

In old English law. Ransom; a fine; a severe kind of fine. Sur peyne de raunsome, on pain of ransom. Britt. c. 11. Per raunsome simple ou graund, solonc le fait, by an ordinary or a great ransom, according to the fact. Id. Puny par prison et greve raunsom. Id. c. 48.