Common scold

Scold's bridles or branks were probably used as a punishment but no official records of their use have been found.

This woodcut shows the wheels on the ducking stool which allowed the occupant to be wheeled through the streets before being ducked.

In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species of public nuisance—a troublesome and angry woman who broke the public peace by habitually arguing and quarrelling with her neighbours. The Latin name for the offender, communis rixatrix, appears in the feminine gender and makes it clear that only women could commit this crime.

单词	Common scold
释义	Common scold 英语百科 Common scold In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species of public nuisance—a troublesome and angry woman who broke the public peace by habitually arguing and quarrelling with her neighbours. The Latin name for the offender, communis rixatrix, appears in the feminine gender and makes it clear that only women could commit this crime.
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