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Gantelope

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Gantelope (pronounced gauntlet) [fr. gant, Dut., all; and loopen, to run], a military punishment, in which the criminal running between the ranks receives the lash from each man. This was called 'running the gauntlet.

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