Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blood money
Meaning of Blood money
Money paid to the relatives of one killed by another. Money paid as a reward for the conviction of one charged with a capital offense.
What does Blood Money mean in American Law?
The definition of Blood Money in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
The term seems to have three separate common references. The first is money paid in compensation for the death of another as a means of averting retributive vengeance. See, e.g., angild. The second reference is money paid by way of encouragement or as reward to one who turns in a person charged with an offense, especially if capital. Judas” thirty pieces of silver would be “blood money” in this sense. The third meaning (which seems rare) is money paid to a hired killer.
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