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WHEEL.

Legal Term: WHEEL.
Definition: The punishment of the wheel was formerly to put a criminal on a wheel, and then to break his bones until he expired. This barbarous punishment was never used in the United States, and it has been abolished in almost every civilized country.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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