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Treadmill

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Treadmill, an instrument of prison discipline. It was composed of a large revolving cylinder, having ledges or steps fixed round its circumference; the prisoners walked up these ledges, and their weight moved the cylinder round. Now disused.

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