Blood guilt
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Blood guilt or Bloodguilt may refer to:
- any unlawful killing, see manslaughter
- any crime severe enough to be punished by the death penalty
- crimes falling under high justice in feudal Europe
See also
[edit]- Weregild (blood money), paid in atonement for blood guilt
- Blood court (Blutgericht), legal term for "high justice" in the Holy Roman Empire
- Homicide
- Bloodguilt in the Hebrew Bible