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| In legal history, a '''bote''', also spelled '''bot''' or '''bót''', was a ], recompense, or amends. It is the source of a variety of other terms, including the following: '']'', which is amends paid to a lord for a servant who was killed; ''boteless'', where no |
In legal history, a '''bote''', also spelled '''bot''' or '''bót''', was a ], recompense, or amends. It is the source of a variety of other terms, including the following: '']'', which is amends paid to a lord for a servant who was killed; ''boteless'', where no judgment or favor will acquit someone, as would be the case for sacrilege; fire-bote, house-bote, hedge-bote, plow-bote, etc. It is also the source of the common phrase ''to boot''. | ||
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In legal history, a bote, also spelled bot or bót, was a compensation, recompense, or amends. It is the source of a variety of other terms, including the following: manbote, which is amends paid to a lord for a servant who was killed; boteless, where no judgment or favor will acquit someone, as would be the case for sacrilege; fire-bote, house-bote, hedge-bote, plow-bote, etc. It is also the source of the common phrase to boot.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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