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AVENGER OF BLOOD

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AVENGER OF See also:

BLOOD

BLOOD , the See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

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

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, or the uprise of a systematized criminal See also:

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 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

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