Tyburn ticket

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Tyburn ticket. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Tyburn ticket, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Tyburn ticket in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Tyburn ticket you have here. The definition of the word Tyburn ticket will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofTyburn ticket, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Tyburn was formerly a place of execution in England.

Noun

Tyburn ticket (plural Tyburn tickets)

  1. (UK, law, obsolete) A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting them from certain parish and ward offices.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Tyburn ticket”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)