Letters_of_fire_and_sword

Letters of fire and sword

Letters of fire and sword

An obsolete Scottish legal warrant

Letters of fire and sword were a Scottish legal instrument. If a criminal resisted the law and refused to answer his citation, it was considered treason in the Scottish courts; and “letters of fire and sword” were sent to the sheriff, authorising him to use either or both these instruments to apprehend the contumacious party.[1]

Well known letters issued

Letters of Fire and Sword were issued against the following clans:

References

  1. [1]
    Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1898, page 464, Fire and Sword

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