Peine-forte-et-dure Definition

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(law, archaic) Crushing, an old form of punishment (torture) in which the prisoner's body was pressed with heavy weights.

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Origin of Peine-forte-et-dure

  • Law French, from French peine forte et dure (“severe and hard punishment”).

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