Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old law, a fine imposed for disturbing the peace by a quarrel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O.Eng. Law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical, law A
mulct orfine imposed on a person fordisturbing thepeace with afight orquarrel .
Etymologies
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fight + wite
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