The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In the criminal law of the Anglo-Saxons, every man’s life had its value, called a “were,” or “capitis esttmetio.”
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The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In the criminal law of the Anglo-Saxons, every man’s life had its value, called a “were,” or “capitis esttmetio.”