Latin: In the civil and old English law. To lose. Hence the old Scotch “amitt” Amittere curiam. To lose the court; to be deprived of the privilege of attending the court. Amittere legem terrse. To lose the protection afforded by the law of the land. Amittere liberam legem. To lose one’s frank law. A term having the same meaning as amittere legem terra, (q. v.) He who lost his law lost the protection extended by the law to a freeman, and became subject to the same law as thralls or serfs attached to the land.
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