AVENGER OF See also:

• BLOOD

BLOOD  , the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, usually the nearest kinsman of the murdered See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, whose See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty it was to avenge his See also:

• DEATH

death by killing the murderer . In See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, before the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of settled See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, or the uprise of a systematized criminal See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, crimes of violence were regarded as injuries of a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character to be punished by the sufferer or his kinsfolk . This right of vengeance was See also:

• COMMON

common to most countries, and in many was the subject of strict regulations and limitations . It was prevented from See also:

• RUNNING

running into excesses by the law of See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary (q.v.) and in many lands the institution of See also:

• BLOOD

blood-See also:

• MONEY

money, and the See also:

• WERGILD, WERGELD

wergild offered the wrong-doer a mode of escaping from his enemies' revenge . The See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

Mosaic law recognized the right of vengeance, but not the money-See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation . The See also:

• KORAN

Koran, on the contrary, while sanctioning the vengeance, also permits pecuniary See also:

• COMMUTATION (from Lat. commutare, to change)

commutation for See also:

• MURDER

murder .