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Vehmic
Vehmic Veh"mic (v[=e]"m[i^]k or v[=a]-; 277), a. [G. vehm,
fehm, fehme, a secret tribunal of punishment, MHG. veime,
veme: cf. F. vehmique.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals
which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century
to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of
the government which were too weak to maintain law and order,
and inspiring dread in all who came within their
jurisdiction. --Encyc. Brit.
Meaning of Vehmic from wikipedia
- 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...
-
Roman Empire until 1642. The
legal reform seriously weakened the
ancient Vehmic court (Vehmgericht, or
Secret Tribunal of Westphalia,
traditionally held...
-
represented Johann II von Reisberg,
archbishop of Salzburg,
before the
Vehmic court.
Shortly thereafter in 1434,
Talhoffer was
arrested and questioned...
- 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...
-
occasionally co-opted for
dynastic purposes. They
acted to some
extent like the
Vehmic courts of Germany.
Among the most
powerful was the
league of
northern Castilian...
-
ancient oak, the Femeiche,
thought to be 600–850
years old and
named for
Vehmic court sessions formerly held
under it.
Aerial view of
Schloss Raesfeld on...
