Healgemote
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Halimote (q. v.). HEALS FANG (from Germ, hats, neck, fangen, to catch). A sort of pillory, by which the head of the culprit was caught between two boards, as feet are caught in a pair of stocks. bad It been in use,” — for it was very early disused, no mention of it occurring in the laws of the Saxon kings. Anc. Laws & Inst of Eng. Gloss; Spelman, Gloss.