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Ransomless
Incapable of being ransomed without ransom
inveigle
lure by false representations or other deceit [whoever unlawfully…s, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person…shall be punished by imprisonment "U.S. Code"]
kidnap
: to seize and confine or carry away by force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom kid·nap·per or kid·nap·er [-na-pər] n
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kidnapping
seizing, confining, inveigling, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud often with a demand for ransom or in furtherance of another crime
Geld
Money tribute compensation ransom
Re demption
The act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed repurchase ransom release rescue deliverance as the redemption of prisoners taken in war the redemption of a ship and cargo
Aids
of distress, but at length the lords claimed them as of right. They were principally three: (1) To ransom the lord's person, if taken prisoner; (2) To make the lord's eldest son and heir apparent a knight;
Client
client contributed to the marriage portion of the patron's daughter, if the patron were poor; and to his ransom or that of his children, if taken prisoners; he paid the costs and damages of a suit which
Fine
Fine, a sum of money or mulct imposed upon an offender, also called a ransom. See PENALTY. An amicable final agreement or compromise of a fictitious or actual suit to determine the true
Forcible detainer
were unlawful it is a criminal offence against the public peace, and a misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment and ransom at the pleasure of the Crown, 4 Bl. Com. 148. The wrongful retention of possession of property by
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