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Drowning pit in Milngavie, near Mugdock Barony Court. A drowning pit, drowning pool, murder-pool or murder hole (not to be confused with defensive murder holes) was a well or pond specifically for executing women and girls (for males the gibbet was used) under Scottish feudal laws. [1]
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Cyfraith Hywel (Welsh: [ˈkəvraiθ ˈhəwɛl]; Laws of Hywel), also known as Welsh law (Latin: Leges Walliæ [1]), was the system of law practised in medieval Wales before its final conquest by England.
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When a person of royal extraction is to receive a capital punishment, it is generally done by drowning; in the first place the person is tied hands and feet, then sewed up in a red bag, which again is sometimes put into a jar, and thus the prisoner is lowered down into the water, with a weight sufficient to sink him.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Water Authorities (Return on Assets) Order 1987 SI 1987/2022; Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings Rules 1987 SI 1987/2023; Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 SI 1987/2024; Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 Fixed Penalty Order 1987 SI 1987/2025
By 1823, the Judgment of Death Act made the death penalty discretionary for most crimes, and by 1861, the number of capital offences had been reduced to five. The last execution in the United Kingdom took place in 1964, and the death penalty was abolished for various crimes in the following years.