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Gibbet Law
Gibbet Law
Defined in 1 dictionary —
Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A.
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1910
Lynch law; in particular a custom anciently prevailing in the parish of Hallfax, England, by which the free burghers held a summary trial of any one accused of petit larceny, and, if they found him gullty, ordered him to be decapitated.
