The 17th century legal VOCABULARY
Felony: a serious crime
Capital: involving a death penalty
Servile: suitable to a slave
Trespass: an offense/crime; when one illegally entered another’s property without an oral/written permission
Inquest: a judicial inquiry
Seditious: rebellious act
Carting: being placed on a cart and led through town for all to see
Scolds: women who nagged their husbands
Pillory: a wooden framework with openings for the head and ands, where prisoners were fastened to be exposed to public scorn
Cucking-stools: also known as ducking/dunking stools; chairs attached to a beam used to lower criminals into the River Thames in London
Open Penance in Sheets: standing in a public place wearing only a sheet as a sign of remorse for a crime
Caliver: a hand-gun
Treachers: traitors
Capital: involving a death penalty
Servile: suitable to a slave
Trespass: an offense/crime; when one illegally entered another’s property without an oral/written permission
Inquest: a judicial inquiry
Seditious: rebellious act
Carting: being placed on a cart and led through town for all to see
Scolds: women who nagged their husbands
Pillory: a wooden framework with openings for the head and ands, where prisoners were fastened to be exposed to public scorn
Cucking-stools: also known as ducking/dunking stools; chairs attached to a beam used to lower criminals into the River Thames in London
Open Penance in Sheets: standing in a public place wearing only a sheet as a sign of remorse for a crime
Caliver: a hand-gun
Treachers: traitors