werefactio

werefactio, were factio [wera+CL factio; cf. AS werfæhþ], (leg.) act (esp. homicide) that requires payment of wergild. de accusatione et compositione were factionis (Quad.) GAS 25; omni homini licet firmationem et ~onem negare, si possit vel audet (Ib.) Ib. 111; qui ~onis, i. e. de homicidio, fuerit accusatus et negare voluerit occisionem illius cum jurejurando ‥ (Ib.) Ib. 113.