childwit

childwit
In Saxon law, the right which a lord had of taking a fine of his bondwoman gotten with child without his license. The custom in Essex county, England, whereby every reputed father of a bastard child was obliged to pay a small fine to the lord

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • childwit — In Saxon law, the right which a lord had of taking a fine of his bondwoman gotten with child without his license. The custom in Essex county, England, whereby every reputed father of a bastard child was obliged to pay a small fine to the lord …   Black's law dictionary

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