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Praecipitium

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The punishment of casting headlong from some high place.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A punishment by hurling one from a high place.