Furca
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
A fork; a gallows or gibbet. Bracton, fol. 56, FURCA ET FLAGELLUM (Lat. 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 women by drowning. Skene de Verb. Sign.; Spelman; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. A fork. A gallows or gibbet. Bract fol. 56.
— Furca et flagellum. Gallows and whip. Tenure ad fwrcam et flagellum, tenure by gallows and whip. The meanest of servile tenures, where the bondman was at the disposal of his lord for life and limb. Cowell.
— Furca et fossa. Gallows and pit, or pit and gallows. A term used' in ancient charters to signify a jurisdiction of punishing thieves, viz., men by hanging, women by drowning. Spelman; Cowell.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. L In old English law. A fork; a gallows or gibbet. Furca et flagcllum: gallows and whip. Furca et fossa: gallows and pit; a terra used in ancient charters to signify a jurisdiction of punishing thieves, — men by hanging, women by drowning.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A fork. A gallows or gibbet. Bract. fol. 56.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat \L.Fr. furche.] A fork. See Furcare. A gallows or gibbet. Bract, fol. 56. See infra.