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  2. Criminal-justice financial obligations in the United States

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    This included the practice of incarcerating those unable to pay their debts, including entire institutions dedicated solely to the imprisonment of debtors. This practice may have played a significant role in early emigration to the US , as debtors comprised almost two thirds of Europeans in the Thirteen Colonies .

  3. Debtors' prison - Wikipedia

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    Stops payments and accrual of arrearages while a debtor is imprisoned and for a specified time after release for child support debt. [65] Michigan: Allows imprisonment of debtors for child support debt; Imprisons debtors as a penalty for failure to pay criminal justice debt. [4] Minnesota: Const art I § 12 [66]

  4. Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 - Wikipedia

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    The Act of Congress established penal regulations and restrictions for persons jailed for property debt, tax evasion, and tax resistance. The indebtedness penalty was governed as a forbidding act for citizens indebted to colonial provinces. The public law granted a sunset provision limiting the term of the federal statute for the colonial domains.

  5. What Happens If You Are Legally Owed Money By Someone ... - AOL

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    Collecting debt from a deceased person may sound unpleasant, but there are plenty of legitimate reasons why you might need to collect against an estate -- and ultimately impacts your personal...

  6. What happens to your debt after you die? How to protect your ...

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    Debt consolidation: Debt consolidation involves combining multiple debts with a single personal loan. It may reduce your interest and monthly payment, depending on the loan you qualify for.

  7. What happens to your credit card debt after you die? - AOL

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    3 steps to take after a cardholder dies. When a cardholder dies, it’s important to notify the credit card companies as soon as possible and put a freeze on the accounts.

  8. Blood money (restitution) - Wikipedia

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    Blood money is, colloquially, the reward for bringing a criminal to justice. A common meaning in other contexts is the money-penalty paid by a murderer to the kinsfolk of the victim. These fines completely protect the offender, or the kinsfolk thereof, from the vengeance of the injured family.

  9. Weregild - Wikipedia

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    The compound noun weregild means "remuneration for a man", from Proto-Germanic *wira-"man, human" and *geld-a-"retaliation, remuneration". [2] In the south Germanic area, this is the most common term used to mean "payment for killing a man" (Old High German werigelt, Langobardic wergelt, Old English wer(e)gild), whereas in the North Germanic area, the more common term is Old Norse mangæld ...