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Vehmic, a.|ˈveɪmɪk, ˈfeɪmɪk|
Also Vehmique, Fehmic.
[f. Vehm-e + -ic.]
Pertaining to, connected with, the Vehmgericht.
1829Scott Anne of G. xx, Machinations for the destruction of the Vehmique institutions. Ibid., In the Vehmique court all must be Vehmique. 1831Ibid. Introd., The Vehmic tribunals of Westphalia, a name so awful in men's ears during many centuries. a1849H. Coleridge Ess. (1851) I. 276 Invisible as a familiar or agent of the Vehmic association. 1879[see Vehme]. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2451/1 When the State became able to maintain its laws, the Vehmic Court became superfluous. |