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WERGELD WERGILD

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WERGELD

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WERGILD  or WEE, the Anglo-Saxon terms for the
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fine paid by, e.g. a murderer to the relatives of the deceased in proportion to the
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rank of the latter . The wer was
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part of the
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early
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Teutonic and
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Celtic customary
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law, and represented the substitution of
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compensation for
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personal
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retaliation, resulting from the rise in authority of the
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power of the community as such .

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