Blood Money
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The price paid to cause one’s death.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A weregild or pecuniary mulct paid by a slayer to the relatives of his victim. Also used, in a popular sense, as descriptive of money paid by way of reward for the apprehension and conviction of a person charged with a capital crime.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A weregild, or pe- ¢cuniary mulct paid by a slayer to the relatives of his victim. Also used, in a popular sense, as descriptive of money paid by way of reward for the apprehension and conviction of a person charged with a capital crime.