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† ˈkelchyn Sc. Obs.
In ancient Scottish law: One of the mulcts or payments exacted in compensation for homicide. (Cf. cro.)
[a1200Regiam Maj. iv. lvii. (Acts Parl. Scot. I. 300) Kelchyn unius comitis est sexaginta sex et duæ partes unius vaccæ.] 1609Skene tr. Regiam Maj. iv. xxxviii, Item, Kelchyn of ane Earle is thriescore sax kye, and halfe ane kow... Ane husband-man [rusticus] has na Kelchyn. Gif the wife of ane frie man is slane, her husband sall haue the Kelchyn, and her friend[s] sall haue the Cro and Galnes. Item, gif the wife of ane husband-man [rustici] is slane, the Lord of the land quhare she duelles sall haue the Kelchyn, and her kinsmen sall haue the Cro and the Galnes. |