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Lydford law see law n.1 8 c. Lydford, now a small village on the confines of Dartmoor, was formerly the chief town of the stannaries.
1399Langl. Rich. Redeles iii. 145 Now, be þe lawe of lydfford..Þilke lewde ladde ouȝte euyll to thryue. a1645W. Browne Wks. (1772) III. 157, I oft have heard of Lydford law, How, in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgement after. 1656Blount Glossogr., Lydford Law, is to hang men first, and indite them afterwards. |