Neck Verse - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: neck verseNeck verse
Neck verse, means a verse, which was used as a literary test for an accused who claimed benefit of clergy. An accused who read the passage satisfactorily would not receive the maximum sentence (the person's neck would be saved), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1053....
Neck-verse
Neck-verse, the Latin sentence miserere mei Deus, Psalm Likely to deceive or cause confusion. 1, because the reading of it was made a test by which to distinguish those who, in presumption of Law, were qualified, in point of learning, and admissible to benefit of clergy. See BENEFIT OF CLERGY....
Ordinary of assize and sessions
Ordinary of assize and sessions, a deputy of the bishop of the diocese, anciently appointed to give malefactors their neckverses, and judge whether they read or not; also to perform divine service for them, and assist in preparing them for death. See NECK-VERSE....
Ewe necked
Having a neck like a ewe said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficient being somewhat hollowed out...
Necked
Having such a neck chiefly used in composition as stiff necked...
Devil on the neck
Devil on the neck, an instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions, etc. It was made of several irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs and wrenched together so as to break the back...
bull necked
Having a short thick and muscular neck like that of a bull...
Deer neck
A deerlike or thin ill formed neck as of a horse...
Low necked
Cut low in the neck decollete low cut said of a womans dress...
Ring necked
Having a well defined ring of color around the neck...
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