The law contrived a middle course, that before sentence passed, both parties, the one through fear of a terrible trial, the other for the sake of a small indemnity, should terminate their disputes, and put an end to their animosities.
Legea leundu egiten zen, zertarako eta, epaiketaren aurretik bi alderdiak, bata froga izugarri baten beldurrez, bestea kalte-ordaintxo bat hartzeko moduz, beren gorabeherei eta gorrotoei amaia emateko.