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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Manbote \Man"bote`\, n. [AS. man man, vassal + b[=o]t
   recompense.] (Anglo-Saxon Law)
   A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing
   his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). --Spelman.
   [1913 Webster]

2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

MANBOTE. In a barbarous age, when impunity could be purchased with money, 
the compensation which was paid for homicide was called manbote.

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