- The
Vehmic courts, Vehmgericht, holy vehme, or
simply Vehm, also
spelt Feme, Vehmegericht, Fehmgericht, are
names given to a
tribunal system of Westphalia...
-
capitulary to
serve as lay
judges in Francia.
After Charlemagne's death, the
Vehmic courts forced the
order underground and it
established a
secret society...
- to
authorities or
threatened to do so. The name
alludes to the
secretive Vehmic court system of the
Middle Ages,
which had
authority to
ordain capital punishment...
- to
protect local codes. The
legal reform seriously weakened the
ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or
Secret Tribunal of Westphalia,
traditionally held...
- as
modest local police-units
until their final suppression in 1835. The
Vehmic courts of
Germany provided some
policing in the
absence of
strong state...
- took
place and
Dortmund emerged victorious. In 1400 the seat of the
first Vehmic court (German: Freistuhl) was in Dortmund, in a
square between two linden...
-
Roman Empire until 1642. The
legal reform seriously weakened the
ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or
Secret Tribunal of Westphalia,
traditionally held...
- Danzig.
Glenn Danzig has
referred to the
symbols on the
album cover as "
Vehmic runes" that
spell out "Danzig". They were
taken from the
alphabet of a secret...
- Lippstadt,
which had
joined the
Rhenish League of Cities, and was
liege lord of
Vehmic court in Wesenfort. He died in 1275, and was
buried in
Marienfeld Abbey...
- and
judge the accused.[citation needed] The same
custom evolved into the
vehmic court system in
medieval Germany.[citation needed] In Anglo-Saxon England...
