: indemnification for injuryspecifically: the satisfaction formerly demandable by the family of a person slain but now superseded by damages recoverable by an action — compare manbote
History and Etymology for assythment
Scots assythe to compensate, satisfy (from Middle English assithen, assethen, from assith, asseth, noun, satisfaction, reparation, from Middle French asseit, back-formation from assez enough) + English -ment
