Ransomer - Law Dictionary Search Results
ransom
ransom : a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity see also kidnapping
Ransom
Ransom [fr. rancon, Fr.], the price of redemption of a captive or prisoner of war, or for the pardon
Ransom
release of a captive or of captured property by payment of a consideration redemption as prisoners hopeless of ransom
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Ransomable
Such as can be ransomed
Ransomer
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Raunsoun
Ransom
Kidnapping for ransom
Kidnapping for ransom, Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and
To hold someone to ransom
To hold someone to ransom, means 'to hold some-one captive and demand payment for their release, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 2002, p. 1186.
Redemptory
Paid for ransom serving to redeem
Rescat
To ransom to release to rescue
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