AMITTERE LIBERAM LEGEM
\ˈamɪtə lˈɪbəɹˌam lˈɛd͡ʒəm], \ˈamɪtə lˈɪbəɹˌam lˈɛdʒəm], \ˈa_m_ɪ_t_ə l_ˈɪ_b_ə_ɹ_ˌa_m l_ˈɛ_dʒ_ə_m]\
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To lose one's frank-law. A term having the same meaning as amittere legem terrw, (g. v.) He who lost his law lost the protection extended by the law to a freeman, and became subject to the same law as thralls or serfs attached to the land.
By Henry Campbell Black