torture
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torture
see HUMAN RIGHTS.TORTURE, punishments. A punishment inflicted in some countries on supposed
criminals to induce them to confess their crimes, and to reveal their
associates.
2. This absurd and tyrannical practice never was in use in the United
States; for no man is bound to accuse himself. An attempt to torture a
person accused of crime, in order to extort a confession, is an indictable
offence. 2 Tyler, 380. Vide Question.