DEVIL ON THE NECK

By SovConn | July 7, 2014

devil  on  the  neck.Hist. A  torture device  made  of  irons that  fastened  to  a  person’s  neck  and

legs and then  wrenched  together to  either  gradually  or quickly break the  person’s back. • It was

often used to coerce confessions. [Blacks Law 8th]

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