pit and gallows

pit and gallows. Hist. Scots law. An ancient form of capital punishment for theft by which a condemned woman was drowned in a pit and a condemned man was hanged on a gallows.

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译者Miranda，毕业于英国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与债务重组与公司清算/破产相关的法律文件。