- pedis abscissio
- An ancient punishment for crime by cutting off a foot.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
pedis abscissio
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pedis abscissio — /piydas aebsish(iy)ow/ In old feudal criminal law, the cutting off a foot; a punishment anciently inflicted instead of death … Black's law dictionary
PES — nc in limine offendat, cavere iussit Veterum superstitio. Mali enim ominis id habebatur, Si exituro limen insonuisset, Pes haesisset, Plin. l. 2. c. 7. Vide Plut. in Demetrio et in Gracchis, Val. Max. l. 1. c. 4. de eod. Graccho etc. Sueton. in… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
