Putting someone to the question
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| '''Putting someone to the question''' was a [[euphemism]] during the [[medieval inquisition]] for torture, either by [[strappado]] or the [[Water cure (torture)|water cure]]. | '''Putting someone to the question''' was a [[euphemism]] during the [[medieval inquisition]] for torture, either by [[strappado]] or the [[Water cure (torture)|water cure]]. | ||
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| + | :Though there are few articles of jurisprudence in these honest alphabetical reflections, we must, however, say a word or two on torture, otherwise called “the question”; which is a strange manner of questioning men. They were not, however, the simply curious who invented it; there is every appearance, that this part of our legislation owes its first origin to a highwayman. Most of these gentlemen are still in the habit of screwing thumbs, burning feet, and questioning, by various torments, those who refuse to tell them where they have put their money. --''[[Philosophical Dictionary]]'', by [[Voltaire]] | ||
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Putting someone to the question was a euphemism during the medieval inquisition for torture, either by strappado or the water cure.
- Though there are few articles of jurisprudence in these honest alphabetical reflections, we must, however, say a word or two on torture, otherwise called “the question”; which is a strange manner of questioning men. They were not, however, the simply curious who invented it; there is every appearance, that this part of our legislation owes its first origin to a highwayman. Most of these gentlemen are still in the habit of screwing thumbs, burning feet, and questioning, by various torments, those who refuse to tell them where they have put their money. --Philosophical Dictionary, by Voltaire
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