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Furca et flagellum

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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.