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ǁ Vehmgericht. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. ǁ Vehmgericht Hist. Also Vehme-, Fehm-. [a. older G. Vehm-, now Fehm-, Femgericht (pl. -gerichte), f. prec. + gericht court, tribunal.] A form of secret tribunal that exercised great power in Westphalia from the end of the 12th to the middle of the 16th century.

1 1829.  Scott, Anne of G., xx. Men initiated and intrusted with high authority by the Vehme-gericht, or tribunal of the bounds.

2 1839.  Longf., Hyperion, I. vi. Two Black Knights, who pretended to be ambassadors from the Vehm-Gericht.

3 1879.  Encycl. Brit., IX. 63/2. It was only with the restoration of public order … that the influence of the Fehmgerichte gradually waned.

4   transf.  1848.  Thackeray, Van. Fair, xliv. ‘Was Rebecca guilty or not?’ The Vehmgericht of the servants’ hall had pronounced against her.

5 1880.  Edin. Rev., Jan., 143. The horrors of the Karmathian, the detestable Vehmgericht of the ‘Assassins,’… all owe their origin to the schism of the House of ’Ali.

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