Alfet

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The vessel in which hot water was put, for the purpose of dipping a criminal's arm in it up to the elbow in the ordeal by water. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A container for hot water used in the ordeal by water.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A cauldron into which balling water was poured, in which a criminal plunged his arm up to the elbow, and there held it for some time, as an or deni. Du Cange.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The cauldron containing the water in which, in the ordeal by boiling water, the accused dipped his arm.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A cauldron inte which boiling water was poured, in which a crimina plunged his arm up to the elbow, and thera held it for some time, as an ordeal. Du Cange.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[Sax. alfath, from alan, to heat, and faet, a vessel.] In the ordeal by boiling water, was the cauldron containing the water, in which the accused dipped his arm up to the elbow. Cowell. Spelman, voc. Ordalium.