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PIT AND GALLOWS

\pˈɪt and ɡˈalə͡ʊz], \pˈɪt and ɡˈalə‍ʊz], \p_ˈɪ_t a_n_d ɡ_ˈa_l_əʊ_z]\

Definitions of PIT AND GALLOWS

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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In Scotch law. A privilege of inflicting capital punishment for theft, given by King Malcolm, by which a woman could be drowned In a pit, (fossa.) or a man hanged on a gallows, (furca.) Bell.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

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