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Traitor

Matched in: Term Traitor

Traitor's Gate

Matched in: Term Traitor's Gate

Quartering traitors

Quartering traitors. The judgment for high treason, as prescribed by 54 Geo. 3, c. 146, s. 1, was that the

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Proditor

A traitor

Proditor

Proditor, a traitor. Obsolete.

Treason

(23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 36), s. 1 (4), and Sch. I. The punishment of a convicted traitor is death by hanging, the ignominious adjuncts of drawing on a hurdle and quartering, etc. (as to which

Serjeant

of distinction offending, and give attendance on the Lord High Steward of England, sitting in judgment on any traitor, etc. Two of these, by the royal permission, attend on the two Houses of Parliament, and each has

Treacher, Trechetour, or Treachour

Treacher, Trechetour, or Treachour, a traitor.

Reus lasa majestatis punitur, ut pereat unus ne pereant omnes

Reus lasa majestatis punitur, ut pereat unus ne pereant omnes (4 Co. 124) a traitor is punished that one and not all may perish.

Local allegiance

thither, and there adhere to our enemies for purposes of hostility, he may be dealt with as a traitor, Fost. 115. See ALIEN.

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