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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old criminal practice. To drag (on a hurdle) to the place of exeeution. Anciently no hurdle was allowed, bul the criminal was actually dragged along the road to the place of execution. A partof the ancient punishment of traitors was the being thus drawn, 4 Bl. Comm. 92, 877. In mercantile law. To draw a bill of exchange is to write (or cause it to be written) and sign it,