- Letters of slains
- a letter signed by a relative of someone killed in a private fued, acknowleding payment of compensation, setting aside further claims for revenge and requesting the king to grant remission.
Scottish slang . 2013.
Letters of slains
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letters of slains — letters of slains, or slanes In England, letters subscribed by the relatives of a person who had been slain, declaring that they had received an assythment, and concurring in an application to the crown for a pardon to the offender. These or… … Black's law dictionary
letters of slains — letters of slains, or slanes In England, letters subscribed by the relatives of a person who had been slain, declaring that they had received an assythment, and concurring in an application to the crown for a pardon to the offender. These or… … Black's law dictionary
letters of slains, or slanes — In England, letters subscribed by the relatives of a person who had been slain, declaring that they had received an assythment, and concurring in an application to the crown for a pardon to the offender. These or other evidences of their… … Black's law dictionary
letters of slains, or slanes — In England, letters subscribed by the relatives of a person who had been slain, declaring that they had received an assythment, and concurring in an application to the crown for a pardon to the offender. These or other evidences of their… … Black's law dictionary
letters of slanes — letters of slains, or slanes In England, letters subscribed by the relatives of a person who had been slain, declaring that they had received an assythment, and concurring in an application to the crown for a pardon to the offender. These or… … Black's law dictionary
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