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Bloodwit
Bloodwite Blood"wite`, Bloodwit Blood"wit`, n. [AS. bl?w[=i]te; bl?d blood, + w[=i]te wite, fine.] (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

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- Blood money, also called bloodwit, is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender, usually a murderer, or their family group, to the family...
- Another son, variously named Adam, Tammam or Iyas, the victim of the bloodwit case.: 62–63  Arwa "the Elder", from whom Rabi'ah took his kunya Abu Arwa...
- p****age of cattle and other property within their liberties] Rights of bloodwit and fledwit [authority to punish shedders of blood, and those seized in...
- what was in her womb. So the Messenger of Allah gave judgement that the bloodwit for the unborn child should be a male or a female slave of the best quality...
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- stolpersteine-graz.at. Retrieved 30 July 2024. Swidler, Leonard (1977). Bloodwitness for peace and unity. The life of Max Josef Metzger. E****enical Press...
- Paulist, 1976; & as Journal of E****enical Studies, 13, 2 (Spring, 1976). Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity. Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, 1977. Women Priests:...