Vehm

Among the many societies he joined was the Holy Vehm, a German organization that specialized in political assassinations.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Among the many societies he joined was the Holy Vehm, a German organization that specialized in political assassinations.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Secretly, they preside over their different factions, and form a kind of small Vehm.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

It is incorrect to say that it was "specially" created to deal with Vehm murders.

Commandant of Auschwitz Hoess, Rudolf 1951

The court was not concerned with Vehm murders as such.

Commandant of Auschwitz Hoess, Rudolf 1951

The following is a part of the ancient rhyme by which the proceedings of the famous Vehm-Gerichte were opened, which were first printed by Schottelius, and the whole of which may be found in Beck's _Geschichte der Westphalischen Fehm-Gerichte_, and in

Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 Various

Craft, it is necessary to consider one more link in the chain of the masonic tradition -- the "Holy Vehm."

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

The initiate was then bound by a terrible oath not to reveal the secrets of the "Holy Vehm," to warn no one of danger threatening them by its decrees, to denounce anyone, whether father, mother, brother, sister, friend, or relation, if such a one had been condemned by the Tribunal.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

But by degrees the power arrogated to itself by the "Holy Vehm" became so formidable that succeeding emperors were unable to control its workings and found themselves forced to become initiates from motives of self-protection.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor the German Vehm-gericht, nor the Secret Societies of Italy, were ever able to put a more formidable machinery in motion than that which cast a cloud over the State of Utah.

A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902