Blood money (restitution)
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Blood money, also called bloodwit, is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his/her family group to the family or kin group of the victim.
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See also
- Anglo-Saxon law
- Blood feud
- Blood law
- Blood libel
- Danegeld
- Diyya
- Ericfine
- Feud
- Galanas
- Germanic law
- Główszczyzna
- Kanun
- Leges inter Brettos et Scottos
- Leibzoll
- Religious minority
- Protection money
- Tallage
- Weregild
- Wrongful death
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