Re: Justice

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:00:30 +0100 (BST)

David Dunham:
> I've always assumed that among the Orlanthi (both Ralian and
> Heortling), a bloodline is responsible for paying wergild.

I think at least _de jure_, it's the entire clan. Naturally if the clan gets forced to pay wergeld, it's going to have to actually come up with the cash from someplace, and lineage members are the obvious candidates... Trickle-down economics in action?

Cheers,
Alex.

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