Third-Night-Awn-Hinde — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

By the laws of St. Edward the Confessor, if any man lay a third night in an inn, he was called a "third-night-awn-hinde," and his host was answerable for him if he committed any offense. The first night, f orman-night, or uncuth (unknown), he was reckoned a stranger; the second night, twa-night, a guest; and the third night, an awn-hinde, a domestic. Bracton, lib. 3.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

By the laws of Edward the Confessor, if any man lay a third night in an inn, he was called a “third-nigh t-awn-hinde,” and his host was answerable for him if he committed any offence. The first night he was reckoned a stranger; the second night a guest; and the third night an awn-hinde. Bract. 1. 3; Whart.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

By the laws of St. Edward the Confessor, lf any man lay a third night in an Inn, he was called a "third-night-awn-hinde," and his host was answerable for him If he committed any offense. The first night, forman-nlght or uncouth, (unknown.) he was reckoned a stranger; the second night, twa-nlght, a guest; and the third night, an awn-hlnde, a domestic. Bract. 1. 3.