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†KINBUTTE, n. Compensation paid for manslaughter by the slayer to the kindred of the slain; wergeld, Assythment.Sc. 1715 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. 373:
The Rannoch affair did not end in an agreement of the parties . . . and it was generally reported that this was something more than a kinbutte.
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