Quartering
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A barbarous punishment formerly inflicted on criminals by tearing them to pieces by means of four horses, one attached to each limb.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A barbarous punishment 232; State v. Clark, 4 Idaho 7, 35 Pac. 710; formerly inflicted on criminals by tearing and before the defendant’s recognizance has them to pieces by means of four horses, one been forfeited; 1 Salk. 380. See Cassetub attached to each limb. See IIuno, Drawn Breve. and Quartered. QUASI (Lat. as if, almost). A term used
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. The dividing of a criminal's body into quarters, after execution,— a part of the punishment for high treason.