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Page 352
For him, as for the most lawfully begotten of children, a wergild (or galanas) is
payable, and there being no father's kindred a greater share than usual is paid to
the maternal relatives.1 If the man on whom a child is fathered be living, he may ...
For him, as for the most lawfully begotten of children, a wergild (or galanas) is
payable, and there being no father's kindred a greater share than usual is paid to
the maternal relatives.1 If the man on whom a child is fathered be living, he may ...
Page 353
t From this we may infer that though not deemed hereditary, such it was tending
to become ; and this is probable, for from the same source we learn that the
nobility of the chief extended to the members of his family, their galanas, or as the
...
t From this we may infer that though not deemed hereditary, such it was tending
to become ; and this is probable, for from the same source we learn that the
nobility of the chief extended to the members of his family, their galanas, or as the
...
Page 354
In VVales this price is called galanas, and like the wergild of the Teutonic nations,
it fixes a man's station in society.* Now the galanas of the chief is according to the
Venedotian Code, “nine score and 'nine kine once augmented.”l Concerning ...
In VVales this price is called galanas, and like the wergild of the Teutonic nations,
it fixes a man's station in society.* Now the galanas of the chief is according to the
Venedotian Code, “nine score and 'nine kine once augmented.”l Concerning ...
Page 355
Thus his galanas fixes a man's general status, just as in England many legal
consequences depend on the amount of a man's war. Judging by this standard,
the chief's position is honourable and exalted. He enjoys other privileges and ...
Thus his galanas fixes a man's general status, just as in England many legal
consequences depend on the amount of a man's war. Judging by this standard,
the chief's position is honourable and exalted. He enjoys other privileges and ...
Page 357
It was a legal justification for a blood feud, which feud might be composed by the
payment of the slain man's worth or galanas, a payment of just the same nature
as the wergild of our own old laws. Criminal or penal law, the law which does not
...
It was a legal justification for a blood feud, which feud might be composed by the
payment of the slain man's worth or galanas, a payment of just the same nature
as the wergild of our own old laws. Criminal or penal law, the law which does not
...
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| Title | The Law Magazine and Review: A Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 6 |
| Contributors | Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, Charles Henry Edward Carmichael, William Pinder Eversley, Sir Sherston Baker |
| Publisher | Saunders and Benning, 1881 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2012 |
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