assytht

A Scotch form of a eth. a ythment (a-siTH'ment), n. [Sc., also by apheresis sithe ment, IMG:content-1278.png:[graphic] demnification due from a person guilty of murder to the heirs of the person murdered. Where the criminal has suffered the penalty of the law, no claim for a ythment pt lies. -ast. [ A suffix of Greek m2- origin, occurring instead of -ist after -i-, as in chiliast, enthu siast, etc. pi IMG:content-1279.png:[ocr errors]