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Webster 1913 Edition

Bloodwit

{

Blood′witeˊ

,

Blood′witˊ

, }

Noun.

[AS.

blōwīte

;

blōd

blood, +

wīte

wite, fine.]

(Anc. Law)

A fine or amercement paid as part of a settlement for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.