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‖ Vehmgericht Hist.
(ˈveɪm-, ‖ ˈfeːmgərɪçt)
Also Vehme-, Fehm-.
[a. older G. Vehm-, now Fehm-, Femgericht (pl. -gerichte), f. prec. + gericht court, tribunal.]
A form of secret tribunal which exercised great power in Westphalia from the end of the 12th to the middle of the 16th century.
1829Scott Anne of G. xx, Men initiated and intrusted with high authority by the Vehme-gericht, or tribunal of the bounds. 1839Longfellow Hyperion i. vi, Two Black Knights, who pretended to be ambassadors from the Vehm-Gericht. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 63/2 It was only with the restoration of public order..that the influence of the Fehm-gerichte gradually waned.
transf.1848Thackeray Van. Fair xliv, ‘Was Rebecca guilty or not?’ The Vehmgericht of the servants' hall had pronounced against her. 1880Edin. 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. |