Sc. Obs. In ancient Scottish law: One of the mulcts or payments exacted in compensation for homicide. (Cf. CRO.)
[a. 1200. Regiam Maj., IV. lvii. (Acts Parl. Scot., I. 300). Kelchyn unius comitis est sexaginta sex et duæ partes unius vaccæ.]
1609. Skene, trans. Regiam Maj., IV. xxxviii. Item, Kelchyn of ane Earle is thriescore sax kye, and halfe ane kow…. Ane husband-man [rusticus] has na Kelchyn. Gif the wife of ane frie man is slane, her husband sall haue the Kelchyn, and her friend[s] sall haue the Cro and Galnes. Item, gif the wife of ane husband-man [rustici] is slane, the Lord of the land quhare she duelles sall haue the Kelchyn, and her kinsmen sall haue the Cro and the Galnes.
