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Cvnebote in United States Cvnebote Definition (Saxon, from cyn, kin, or relationship, and hot, a satisfaction). In Saxon law. A pecuniary composition for killing a relative; the same with cenegild (q.v.) Spelman, voc. Cenegild. Cvnebote in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription […]

Cvphonism in United States Cvphonism Definition A punishment used by the ancients, which some suppose to have been the smearing of the body with honey, and exposing the person to flies, wasps, etc. But the author of the notes on Hesychius says it is derived from the Greek, to bend or stoop, […]