Feme

feme German de: Vehmic court Alternative forms de Fehme Vehme Veme obsolete Etymology From northern de gmh veme, a borrowing from de gml vēme. Cognate with nl veem. The further origin is de 1, though a relation with either de Fehde feud or de Feind enemy has been considered. Pronunciation de /ˈfeːmə/ de De-Feme.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f de history Vehmic court medieval, chiefly Westphalian, special court for capital crimes presided by a local noble or freeman appointed by the king de Gegenüber dem Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof befindet sich der Freistuhl, wo im Mittelalter die Feme tagte. Across the street from Dortmund central station is the Freistuhl (thingstead), where the Vehmic court used to sit during the Middle Ages. de higher register by comparison a secret tribunal that orders the assassination of (political) enemies or traitors de Das Opfer könnte ein der Feme verfallener Angehöriger des organisierten Verbrechens sein. The victim might be a member of organized crime who was ordered killed by a secret tribunal. de history by new narrowing such tribunals among right-wing organisations of the Weimar era de Wegen seiner Beteiligung an einer Feme in Parchim saß Rudolf Höß vier Jahre im Zuchthaus. Rudolf Höss spent four years in jail for his involvement in a right-wing murder plot at Parchim. Declension f Derived terms de Femegericht de Fememord de verfemen