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veemgerecht

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From veem +‎ gerecht.

Noun

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veemgerecht n (plural veemgerechten, diminutive veemgerechtje n)

  1. (historical, law) Vehm (premodern type of tribunal in Westphalia and the eastern Netherlands)

Usage notes

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  • The archaic form veemgericht (gericht is otherwise obsolete and superseded wholly by gerecht) is in fact fairly common for this word, likely even moreso than modernized veemgerecht.

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