Fire Ordeal
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Ordeal."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Ordeal.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The ordeal by fire or red-hot iron, which was performed either by taking up in the hand a piece of red-hot iron, of one, two, or three pounds weight, or by walking barefoot and blindfolded over nine red-hot plowshares, laid lengthwise at unequal distances 4 Bl. Comm. 343; Cowell.
Defined under Ordeal in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The ordeal or trial by red-hot iron, either by taking a piece in the hand or by stepping barefoot and blindfolded over nine red-hot plough-shares laid lengthwise at unequal distances.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Saxon and old English law. Theordeal by fire or red-hot iron, which was performed either by taking up in the hand a piece of red-hot iron, of one, two, or three pounds weight, or by walking barefoot, and blindfolded over nine red-hot plowshares, laid lengthwise al unequal distances, 4 Bl. Comm. 843; Cowell.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In Saxon and di English law. The ordeal or trial by red^ hot iron; which was performed either by taking up in the hand a piece of red-hot iron, of one, two or three pounds weight, or by stepping barefoot and blindfolded over nine red-hot ploughshares laid length* wise at unequal distances. 4 Bl. Com, 348. Coweli. See Ordeal,