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Abbacinare
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A barbaric form of corporal punishment meted out in the middle ages where persons would be permanently blinded by the pressing of hot irons to the open eyes.
For more information on the early struggles of common law jurisdictions to develop fair and humane forms of punishment for crimes, see The Law's Hall of Horror and Crime & Punishment in Medieval England, both in the Law Museum.
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