- flogging
- Inflicting punishment by whipping. State v Cannon, 55 Del 587, 190 A2d 514; Commonwealth v Wyatt, 27 Va (6 Rand) 694.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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