Obs. Also 7 laghslite, 8 lagslite. [Blundered form of OE. lahslit, f. lah law + slit tear, breach.] The fine imposed for breach of (Danish) law.
c. 1030. Laws of Cnut, II. c. 15 (Liebermann), 318. Beo se wið þone cinge cxx scyll’ scyldiʓ on Engla laʓe … and on Dena laʓe lahslites scyldiʓ.
11[?]. Laws of Will. I., c. 39 (Schmid), 345. In Danelahe erit foris factura de suo laslite [AF. laxlite].
11[?]. Laws of Hen. I., c. 11 § 11 (Schmid), 443. Si quis Dei rectitudines per vim teneat, solvat lashlite cum Dacis plenam witam cum Anglis.
1607. Cowell, Interpr., Laghslite.
1647. N. Bacon, Disc. Govt. Eng., I. xl. 99. Even in Germany they had learned the trick to set a price upon that crime; and this they afterward called … lashlight.
1721. Bailey, Lagslite, a Breach of the Law.
1862. Miall, Title Deeds Ch. Eng., 21, note. Lashlite denoted a common forfeiture among the Danes.
