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Tyburn tickets

Tyburn tickets is the plural of Tyburn ticket.

Meaning of Tyburn ticket

Noun

Tyburn ticket (plural Tyburn tickets)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A certificate given to a citizen who "apprehends and prosecutes" a felon for certain crimes, exempting them from certain parish and ward duties, such as serving on a jury. Introduced in The Clerks of Assize (Fees) Act 1698, it was repealed in 1818.

Questions about Tyburn tickets

What is Tyburn tickets the plural of?
Tyburn tickets is the plural of Tyburn ticket.

Words near Tyburn tickets in the dictionary

  1. tybamate
  2. Tybi
  3. Tyburn
  4. Tyburn gallows
  5. Tyburn ticket
  6. Tyburn tickets
  7. Tyburn tippet
  8. Tyburn tippets
  9. Tyburn tree
  10. Tyburn trees
  11. Tyburn-tree

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