Meaning & use
assythment
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In Scots law, compensation or satisfaction historically paid to the victim of a crime, or to their family, especially in cases of homicide.
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The clan sought assythment from the offender's family after the killing.
Assythment allowed medieval Scottish courts to settle blood feuds through payment rather than further violence.
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A rare, archaic Scots legal term that survives mainly in historical and legal scholarship today.
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