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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.
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