manbote
nounEtymology Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”). More at man, bote.
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Law Historical A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
- Manbote of freedom1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London:
- Three weeks later an equal sum, under the name of manbote, was paid to the lord, as a compensation for the loss of his vassal.1688, John Lingard, A History of England:
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- 1962, H.R. Loyns, quoted in NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011