Hand Hole - Law Dictionary Search Results
hand hole
small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning etc
Pillory
a post and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed … frame of adjustable boards erected on a post and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were
Sling
strap the ends of the string are taken in the hand and the whole whirled rapidly round until by loosing one … stick to the other The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap the ends of the string are taken
Pillory
with holes and moveable boards, through which the heads and hands of criminals were put. The punishment of the pillory, abolished … Pillory, a frame erected on a pillar, and made with holes and moveable boards, through which the heads and hands of
Tenure
of Saxon liberty, which were left untouched by the oppressive hand of the Norman. Included among free socage tenures were petit
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