Wergild, Wergild, Or Weregild
WERGILD - Obs.Ger. Monetary compensation paid by a murderer to the relatives of the victim. WERGILD, or WEREGILD, old Eng. law. The price which in a barbarous age, a person guilty of homicide or other enormous offence was required to pay, instead of receiving other punishment. This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's. | ||||
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Weregild
Weregild (alternative spellings: wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death, although it could also be demanded in other cases of serious crime.
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