What is CUCKING–STOOL? Definition of CUCKING–STOOL in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
An engine of correction for common scolds, which in the Saxon language is said to signify the scolding-stool, though now it is frequently corrupted into ducking-stool, because the judgment was that, when the woman was placed therein, she should be plunged in the water for her punishment. It was also variously called a "trebucket," "tumbrel," or "castigatory." 3 Inst. 219; 4 Bl.Comm. 169; Brown. James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R., Pa., 220.
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