Furca
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A fork
A gallows or gibbet. Bract, fol.
66.
FURCA ET FLAGELLUM (l^t. gallows and whip). The meanest of servile tenures, where the bondman was at the disposal of the lord for life and limb.
Cowell.
FURCA ET FOSSA (Lat. gallows and pit). A jurisdiction of punishing felons, — the men by hanging, the woman by drowning. Skene; Spelman, Gloss.; Cowell.