[12] Gradually, however, a portion of the composition money was attributed, under the name of fredum, to the king or the magistrate, as a compensation for readmitting the criminal to the public peace.
[13] Ll. Edwardi C. xii. (Thorpe’s Ancient Laws, I. 467).
[14] Gwentian Code, Bk. II. chap. vii. §8. (Aneurin Owen’s Ancient Laws, etc. of Wales, I. 701.)
[15] Senchus Mor, I. 259 (Hancock’s ed. Dublin, 1865).
[16] Grágás, Sect. IV. cap. cxiv.
[17] Ibid. Sect. VIII. cap. lv.
[18] Jarnsida, Mannhelge, cap. xxix.—Cf. Legg. Gulathingenses, Mannhelgi, cap. xii.
[19] Constit. Eric. Ann. 1269 § vii. (Ludewig, Reliq. MSS. T. XII. p. 204).
[20] Dimetian Code, Bk. II. ch. i. §§ 17-31.—Bk. III. ch. iii. §4.—Anomalous Laws, Bk. IV. ch. iii. § 11.
[21] Dimetian Code, Bk. II. chap. xxiv. § 12.