Re: Re: Berserk Kinslaying

From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_...>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:51:22 +0100


John Hughes wrote:
...
> You are however correct in that any murder within a clan is kinstrife
> (within a *CLAN*, not just within a bloodline) and not subject to weregild
> payments. TR 43 spells it out.

...

You seem to be saying that the legal unit is the clan, rather than the bloodline. If that is so, how can there be any legal disputes WITHIN a clan?

Surely, by definition, kin=members of bloodline?

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