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What does Peine mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Peine? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A surname​.
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Refusing to give any other answer to the court, he was committed to another court to suffer peine forte et dure.
Non, mon ami, Ve haVe enough of ze peine to attraper you again.
Pressing to death, the peine forte et dure, was a well-known form of medieval interrogation still largely in use during Elizabeth's reign.
Pressing, also known as peine forte et dure, was both a death sentence and a means of drawing out confessions.
There was still the terrible penalty of peine forte et dure, by which a man could be pressed to death if he refused to plead to an indictment.

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