gibbet
41gibbet law — Lynch law; in particular a custom anciently prevailing in the parish of Halifax, England, by which the free burghers held a summary trial of any one accused of petit larceny, and, if they found him guilty, ordered him to be decapitated …
42gibbet law — Lynch law; in particular a custom anciently prevailing in the parish of Halifax, England, by which the free burghers held a summary trial of any one accused of petit larceny, and, if they found him guilty, ordered him to be decapitated …
43Halifax Gibbet — The Halifax Gibbet in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, was an early guillotine, or decapitating machine.HistoryHalifax had held the right to execute criminals since 1280. Although there is early reference to a gibbet, including a… …
44Combe Gibbet — The gibbet. Combe Gibbet is a gibbet at the top of Gallows Down, near the village and just within the civil parish of Combe in Berkshire (formerly Hampshire). Contents …
45Caxton Gibbet — is a small knoll on Ermine Street (now the A1198) in England, from London to Huntingdon, near its crossing with the road (now the A428) from Oxford to Cambridge. There are tales dating back to the nineteenth century of murderers being hanged and… …
46Cross or stake as gibbet on which Jesus died — Writers hold different views on the form of the gibbet used in the execution of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, and differ about the meaning of the Greek word stauros (σταυρός) which was used in the New Testament books to refer to it.… …
47double gibbet — A gibbet with arms projecting in opposite directions for double executions …
48Gibbeted — Gibbet Gib bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibbeting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. [1913 Webster] 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. [1913 Webster] I ll gibbet up his name. Oldham. [1913 Webster] …
49Gibbeting — Gibbet Gib bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibbeting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. [1913 Webster] 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. [1913 Webster] I ll gibbet up his name. Oldham. [1913 Webster] …
50Dispute about Jesus' execution method — This article is about different views on the form of the gibbet used in the Crucifixion of Jesus. For supposed relics of a Cross, see True Cross. Part of a series on the Death and resurrection of Jesus Passion Last Supper Arr …
