ln old English law. An acquittance for an assault upon a trespassing servant. Supposed to be a mistake or mis-print in Fleta for “hinegeld.” Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, | 20. Also the price of one’s skin, or the money paid by a servant to save himself from a whipping. Du Cange
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
