- healsfang
- A pillory, a means of punishment for certain offenses, consisting of a wooden bar, through which the head and hands of the culprit protruded, affixed across the top of an upright post.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
healsfang
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healsfang — see halsfang … Useful english dictionary
Healsfang — An instalment of *wergeld. In the case of a *thegn this amounted to one tenth of 1,200s and was, according to *LHP, to be paid within 21 days. For lesser folk, the instalments varied from 12s 6d upwards. As well as an instalment payable by a due… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
healsfang — noun In Anglo Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character … Wiktionary
healsfang — n ( es/ ) fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments, preferential share of the wergeld … Old to modern English dictionary
healsfang — /heylsfan/ In Saxon law, a sort of pillory, by which the head of the culprit was caught between two boards, as feet are caught in a pair of stocks. It was very early disused, no mention of it occurring in the laws of the Saxon Kings … Black's law dictionary
healsfang — /heylsfan/ In Saxon law, a sort of pillory, by which the head of the culprit was caught between two boards, as feet are caught in a pair of stocks. It was very early disused, no mention of it occurring in the laws of the Saxon Kings … Black's law dictionary
Halsfang — See Healsfang … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Manbot — The *wergeld payable to the lord of a *villein who had been killed. Some 200s shillings were payable to the man s family, while 30s went to the lord. By way of contrast, a slave was worth only 40d to his family and 20d to his lord. Cf. Healsfang … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
