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Peine forte et dure
Peine forte et dure (the strong and hard pain) [peine (or penance), probably a corrupted abbreviation of prisone, 3
Mute of malice
used of one who abstains from pleading to an indictment when he is able to do so. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.
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Mutus
Standing mute is when a person, being arraigned, either cannot speak, or refuses to answer or plead. SEE PEINE FORTE ET DURE. To advise a prisoner to stand mute is a contempt of Court. see MISPRISON.
Obsolete
a plea, and the inquiry whether the prisoner fled for his crime in criminal cases (see the title PEINE FORTE ET DURE, and FLY FOR IT), but the view of Lord Coleridge, C.J., in Reg. v. Ramsay
Pressing of death
Pressing of death. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.
Torture
'cruel and unusual punishments' which, by the Bill of Rights of 1688, 'ought not to be inflicted.' The peine forte et dure (see that title) is also a kind of torture in the primary sense. All three
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