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correction-house

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A house of correction (which see, under correction).

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  • Accordingly, by the 9th George II.cap. 5, that odious law, so long the object of horror to all ancient and poverty-stricken females in the kingdom, was abrogated, and all criminal procedure on the subject of sorcery or witchcraft discharged in future throughout Great Britain; reserving for such as should pretend to the skill of fortune-tellers, discoverers of stolen goods, or the like, the punishment of the correction-house, as due to rogues and vagabonds.

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Walter Scott 1801

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