Usually means: Fine for killing an unknown.
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  1. murdrum: Merriam-Webster
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  3. murdrum: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. murdrum: Dictionary.com
  5. Murdrum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. murdrum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  3. Murdrum: Legal dictionary

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  1. murdrum: A Word A Day

Definitions from Wiktionary (murdrum)

noun:  (UK, historical) A secret killing, distinguished from simple homicide in that the victim and the killer are unknown.
noun:  (UK, historical) A fine imposed by the Crown on a manor or district in which such a secret killing had been committed.

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