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.