Æstimatio Capitis
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not excepting that of the king himself, was estimated at a certain price, which was called the were or æstimatio capitis. Crabb, Eng. Law, c. 4.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man, By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man, not excepting that of the king himself, was estimated at a certain price, which was called the ere, or estimatio capitis. Crabb, Eng. Law, o, 4. Zistimatio precteriti delicti ex postremo facto nunquam crescit. The weight of a past offense is never increased by a subsequent fact. Bacon.