Suspendatur per collum

Suspendatur per collum
Let him be hanged by the neck. These Latin words in their abbreviated form "sus. per coil.," were written opposite the name of a convict sentenced to be hanged in the calendar or list of all the prisoners' names, with their separate judgments in the margin. See 4 Bl Comm 403.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • suspendatur per collum — sus. per coll …   Black's law dictionary

  • sus. per coll. — sus. per coll., hanged by the neck (Latin, suspendatur per collum): »that lamentable note of sus. per coll. at the name of the last male of her line (Thackeray) …   Useful english dictionary

  • sus. per coll. — Law the note formerly made by a judge against the name of one convicted of a capital crime. {Latin suspendātur per collum let him be hanged by the neck} …  

  • sus. per coll — /sas. par kol/ An abbreviation of suspendatur per collum /saspendeytar par kolam/, let him be hanged by the neck. Words formerly used in England in signing judgment against a prisoner who was to be executed; being written by the judge in the… …   Black's law dictionary

  • sus. per coil — See suspendatur per collum …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • suspercollate — /sus pər kolˈāt/ (facetious) transitive verb To hang ORIGIN: sus. per col., abbrev of L suspendātur per collum let him be hanged by the neck …   Useful english dictionary

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