Quartering
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
In English law
The dividing of a criminal's body into quarters, after execution,— a part of the punishment for high treason.
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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
The dividing of a criminal's body into quarters, after execution,— a part of the punishment for high treason.