subs. phr. (old).—Summary punishment: cf. STAFFORD-LAW; LYDFORD-LAW; SCARBOROUGH-WARNING, etc. [In 1645, lord Essex and Waller held Abingdon, in Berks, against Charles I. The town was unsuccessfully attacked by Sir Stephen Hawkins in 1644, and by prince Rupert in 1645. On these occasions the defenders put every Irish prisoner to death without trial.]
