death-price
death-price · death-prices
A monetary value assigned to a person based on their social rank, representing the…A monetary value assigned to a person based on their social rank, representing the compensation to be paid by an offender to the victim’s family in the event of unlawful killing.
Meaning
1 senses(Germanic, historical)A monetary value assigned to a person based on their social rank, representing the compensation to be paid by an offender to the victim’s family in the event of unlawful killing.
Forms
plural: death-prices| Singular | death-price |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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