wergild

• "Well, well, at that point you'd already kidnapped my daughter on my own land, and Eddie… Baron Liu… was trying to get her back, with your brother as a wergild," Sandra said, and for a moment something showed behind her eyes. —  Map.html
• It meant obligation - referring in ancient practice to the obligation of an offender to make good payment to atone for his offense, as in European wergild tradition. —  GlobalResearch.ca
• The original debts were not paid wergild injury to their victims (who typically had to settle for payment rather than taking revenge). —  GlobalResearch.ca
• The original debts were not paid to the rich, but by them, for manslaughter or physical wergild injury to their victims (who typically had to settle for payment rather than taking revenge). —  Sydney Indymedia - Comments
• Each man's life had a certain "wergild" or money value. —  The Leading Facts of English History

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