Gibbet - Law Dictionary Search Results
Gibbet
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Crucify
fasten to a cross to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet
Hanging in chains
at one time usual for the Court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed, a practice abolished by 4 & 5 Wm.
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Patibulated
Patibulated, hanged on a gibbet.
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