(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:09

Maeg"bote`, Mag"bote` (?), n. [AS. m�xd6;g kinsman + bot compensation.] Anglo-SaxonLaw

Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.

Spelman.

 

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