Assythment

Assythment

Scottish Law: Assythment in the Past

An indemnification which a criminal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) is bound to make to the party injured or his executors, though the crime itself should be extinguished by pardon. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 4, 3, 13. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]

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  1. Partialy, this information about assythment is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including assythment.

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Concept of Assythment, Assithment

Traditional meaning of assythment, assithment [1] in scots law: An action in Scotch law, brought by the relatives or personal representatives of a murdered person against the guilty person before the trial of the latter. Damages were awarded called an assythment, whence the name of the action. [rtbs name=”scottish-law”]

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Notes and References

  1. Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Assythment, Assithment”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Assythment, Assithment.

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