Hanging In Chains
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
In atrocious cases it was at one time usual, in England, for the court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed, a practice quite contrary to the Mosaic law. Deut. xxi. 23. Abolished by 4 & 5 Wm. IV. c. 26. Wharton.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An ancient English practice of hanging a murderer, after execution, upon a gibbet, in chains, near the place where the murder was committed. Its legality was declared by acts in 1751 and 1828. Abolished in 1834.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In atrocious cases it was at one time usual, in England, for the court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed, a practice quite contrary to the Mosaic law. (Deut. xxi. 23.) Abolished by 4 & 5 Wm. IV. c. 26. Wharton.
Defined under Hanging in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inatrocious cases it was at one time usual, in England, for the court to direct a murderer, after exe cution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed, a practice quite contrary to the Mosaic law. (Deut. xxi. 23.) Abolished by 4 & 5 Win. TY. c. 26. Wharton.