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torture
see HUMAN RIGHTS.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
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.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.