# manumission payment (ransom)

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## Definition

The amount of money formerly payable by a bondman (bondman, villain) for release from serfdom (villainage, peonage: in manorial system a condition of compulsory servitude by which a person is restrained of his or her liberty and obliged to work for a lord of the manor; manor = lordship over land and subjects), also called manumission payment and lytrum. - The ransom (redemption) of a forcibly and unlawfully seized and detained - person (hostage; hostage; also prisoner of war; prisoner of war) or - property, especially a ship, against payment of cash, in older documents also called ranzion - Sometimes also said of dispensation money in all its meanings. - See fersengeld, freikaufgeld, fudelgeld, colonatikum, ransom insurance, ranzion. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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