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galanas
galanas
English
Noun
galanas (plural galanases)
- (historical, law) the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law
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Welsh
Noun
galanas
- (law, historical) blood money, weregild, the fine paid by a murderer to the lord and family of his victim[1]
- (law, historical) the act of murder itself
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References
- ↑ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.