Furca
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old English law. A fork. A gallows or gibbet. Bract fol. 56.
— Furca et flagellum. Gallows and whip. Tenure ad fwrcam et flagellum, tenure by gallows and whip. The meanest of servile tenures, where the bondman was at the disposal of his lord for life and limb. Cowell.
— Furca et fossa. Gallows and pit, or pit and gallows. A term used' in ancient charters to signify a jurisdiction of punishing thieves, viz., men by hanging, women by drowning. Spelman; Cowell.