LEODES

By SovConn | September 5, 2013

leodes (lee-oh-deez), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.A vassal. 2. Service to be provided to another. 3. Compensation to be paid by one who killed or seriously injured a vassal, divided among the sovereign, the vassal’s lord, and the vassal’s next of kin; WERGILD.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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