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Blood guilt or Bloodguilt may refer to:

any unlawful killing, see manslaughter
- murder
any crime severe enough to be punished by the death penalty
- crimes falling under high justice in feudal Europe

See also

Kin punishment, a form of collective punishment against the family members of one accused of committing a crime
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

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