Assythment
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence. countable, historical, uncountable
"It may be observed that assythment is not due to the next of kin of a person slain where the offender hath by the exertion of public justice suffered the punishment due to his crime; but whether it can be demanded from the king's donatary where the criminal hath fled from justice and forfeited his movable estate upon a sentence of fugitation, may be doubted."
Example
More examples"It may be observed that assythment is not due to the next of kin of a person slain where the offender hath by the exertion of public justice suffered the punishment due to his crime; but whether it can be demanded from the king's donatary where the criminal hath fled from justice and forfeited his movable estate upon a sentence of fugitation, may be doubted."
Etymology
From assyth + -ment, from Old French aset, asez, originally meaning "enough". See assets.
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