Definition of Vehmic. Meaning of Vehmic. Synonyms of Vehmic

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Definition of Vehmic

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...
- The Feme ('fā-mə) murders (German: Fememorde) were a series of murders in the Weimar Republic between 1919 and 1923 carried out by German far-right groups...
- 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...
- 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...