"Wergild" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Wergild LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:

D, or WERGILD. This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious per-sonal ofTense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the Injured person. In the Anglo* Saxon laws, the amount of compensation varied with the degree or rank of the party slain. Brown

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