Neck Verse in United States
Neck Verse Definition
A cant term for the verse which the ordinary gave a malefactor who prayed his clergy to read, and by reading which he escaped hanging. The flrst verse of the 51st Psalm, being that ordinarily given, was called the “neck verse.”
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| Neck Verse | Neck Verse in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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A cant term for the verse which the ordinary gave a malefactor who prayed his clergy to read, and by reading which he escaped hanging. The flrst verse of the 51st Psalm, being that ordinarily given, was called the “neck verse.”
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