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Home Dictionary Name: traitor s gateTraitor's Gate
Traitor's Gate, the river gate of the Tower of London by which traitors, and state prisoners generally, were committed to the Tower, Oxf. Dict...
Quartering traitors
Quartering traitors. The judgment for high treason, as prescribed by 54 Geo. 3, c. 146, s. 1, was that the head of the person after death by hanging should be severed from his body, and the body, divided into four quarters, should be disposed of as the sovereign should think fit; but this portion of the Act is repealed by the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870, s. 31....
Cattle-gate
Cattle-gate, common for one beast.Gated or stinted pastures are types of commonable lands which prevail largely in the north of England and the rights over them are known by a number of different names, such as cattlegate, beastgate, pasturegate, Mellington v. Goodtitle, (1738) Andr 106....
Lych gate
Lych gate, the gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for burial, when it rests underneath....
Traitor
Traitor [fr. traditor, Lat.], one who, being trusted, betrays; one guilty of treason. See TREASON....
Passport
Passport, a licence for the safe passage of anyone from one place to another, or from one country to another. Passports are issued by the Foreign Office to British-born subjects or to those naturalised in the United Kingdom, British Dominions, Colonies or India, subject to the recommendation and identification of the applicant by a person holding certain positions, e.g., J.P., barrister, solicitor, physician. Application should be made to the Passport Office, 1, Queen Anne's Gate Buildings, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London, or 36, Dale Street, Liverpool.A combination to procure from the British Foreign Office a passport taken out in one name but to be used in another is an indictable misdemeanour, R. v. Brailsford and McCulloch, (1905) 2 KB 730. Forgery is a misdemeanour under the (English) Official Secrets Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 86), and obtaining passports by false statements, under the (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86).A 'passport' is a documen...
gate crashing
entering a gathering uninvited as gate crashing guests disrupted the party...
Gated
Having gates...
lock gate
a gate that can be locked...
Inter canem et lupum
Inter canem et lupum (between the dog and the wolf), twilight; called also mock shadow, daylight's gate, and betwixt hawk and buzzard....
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