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Dungeon

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A cell under ground; a place in a prison built under ground, dark, or but indifferently lighted. DUN 10. A double; a kind of base coin less than a farthing.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An underground cell.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A cell under ground; a place in a prison built under ground, dark, or but indifferently lighted.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in the strongest part of a fortress; a dark or subterraneous prison.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in the strongest part of a fortress; a dark or subterraneous prison.