Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injuries received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service.
Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
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