a. Also Vehmique, Fehmic. [f. VEAM-E + -IC.] Pertaining to, connected with, the Vehmgericht.
1829. Scott, Anne of G., xx. Machinations for the destruction of the Vehmique institutions. Ibid. In the Vehmique court all must be Vehmique. Ibid. (1831), Introd. The Vehmic tribunals of Westphalia, a name so awful in men’s ears during many centuries.
a. 1849. H. Coleridge, Ess. (1851), I. 276. Invisible as a familiar or agent of the Vehmic association.
1879. [see VEHME].
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2451/1. When the State became able to maintain its laws, the Vehmic Court became superfluous.
