Torture - Law Dictionary Search Results
Torture
Matched in: Term Torture
Forcipation
Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers
Pretorture
To torture beforehand
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Self torture
Matched in: Term Self torture
Discruciate
To torture to excruciate
Excruciating
Torturing racking
Excruciate
Excruciated tortured
Rack
Rack, an engine of torture, said not to have been used in England since 1640. See TORTURE. Means an instrument of torture on
Cruelty
(Penal Code, 1860, s. 498A) For the purposes of constituting the offence need not be physical. Even mental torture or abnormal behaviour may amount to cruelty and harassment in a given case, Gananath Pattnaik v. State of
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
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