单词 | BURNING IN THE HAND |
释义 | In old English criminal law, laymen, upon being accorded the benefit of clergy, were burned with a hot iron in the brawn of the left thumb, in order that, being thus marked, they could not again claim their clergy. 4 Bl. Comm. 367. |
随便看 |
|
法律词典收录了41026条英汉双解法律词条,基本涵盖了常用法律英语单词及短语词组的翻译及用法,是法律学习的有利工具。