Gallows
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
3 A beam laid over and fastened to one or two posts, from which a criminal, condemned to death, is suspended. See Death, Penalty.
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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
3 A beam laid over and fastened to one or two posts, from which a criminal, condemned to death, is suspended. See Death, Penalty.