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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

punishment. A species of cart; according to Lord Coke, a dung-cart. This instrument, like the pillory, was used as a means of exposure; and according to some authorities, it seems to have been synonymous with the trebucket or ducking stool.

1 Chit. Cr. Law, 797; 3 Inst. 219; 12 Serg. &