Vehmic a. : 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.

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court, Fehme, jurisdiction, judges, death, lay, Fehmic courts, the accused, Vehmgericht, tribunal, execution, Westphalian, secret court, Gerichte, accuser, duke of Westphalia, free encyclopedia, Freigraf.

Defination from the web:
Vehmic courts, Vehmgericht, holy vehme, or just the Vehm, also spelt Feme, are names given to a tribunal system of Westphalia active during ... The Westphalian Vehmic courts developed from the High Medieval "free courts" (Freigerichte), which had jurisdiction within a Freigrafschaft. ...