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vehmic


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.