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Furca

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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.