Look up scold, scolded, or scolding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a type of...

cucking stools were chairs formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds, and dishonest tradesmen in medieval Europe and elsewhere at later times...

rude, nags, common scolds, or drunken. Branking (in Scotland and the North of England) was designed as a mirror punishment for shrews or scolds—women of...

This was more common when other more sophisticated torture devices were not present. Dunking was also used as punishment for common scolds. In England,...

of bawdy houses, champerty and maintenance, eavesdropping and being a common scold – have been abolished in that State. In Canada the consolidation of criminal...

in 30 cultural groups in Europe in the middle 20th century. Being a "common scold" was once a petty criminal offense in the early-modern law of England...

tranquility enjoyed by the citizens". Common scold Public nuisance King's Peace Rule according to higher law Common law offence § England and Wales Picking...

nuisance, a common brawler and a common scold". Although a ducking stool had been constructed nearby, the court ruled that the traditional common law punishment...

throat is duller. The whitethroat's song is fast and scratchy, with a scolding tone. The hoarse, slightly nasal, call sounds like wed-wed or woid-woid...

Embracery Death against family honour Felo de se Criminal behaviour Common scold Loitering Quasi-crimes: Until-dawn detention for being a stranger passing...

Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, holding that the common law offense of being a common scold was no longer a crime despite the presence of reception...

criticized Edge's knowledge and methods; their lawyer referred to Edge as "a common scold", using language reminiscent of an older New York state law targeting...

response to Ickes' comments, Senator Styles Bridges called Ickes "a common scold puffed up by high office." Republican Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce...

Protection Clause of the Constitution. United States: The common law offence of being a common scold was extant in New Jersey until struck down in 1972 (in...

defects, and/or socioeconomic factors. 1967: In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a type of public nuisance—a troublesome and...

abolished the common law offences of champerty and barratry, challenging to fight, eavesdropping, and being "a common scold or a common night walker"...

decriminalising certain obsolete offences such as eavesdropping and being a common scold. 27 July – The Welsh Language Act allowed the use of Welsh in legal proceedings...

enforce the traditional punishment of ducking for women convicted as common scolds, stating that "total disuse of any civil institution for ages past,...

Challenging to fight Eavesdropping Being a common barrator – see Barratry Being a common scold Being a common nightwalker Forcible entry Forcible detainer...

Commission v France". InfoCuria. 9 June 2011. Erlanger, S. (2011). "France Is Scolded Over Care of Great Hamster of Alsace". The New York Times. Retrieved 10...

woman in England to suffer punishment in the ducking stool for being a common scold, in Leominster. William Combe begins publication of the verse Tour of...

legislation. As a result, some common law criminal offences have been abolished in Gibraltar, such as being a common scold, cheating the public revenue...

Bowser continues the song "Peaches" from earlier in the film, but he is scolded by a guard. A white egg with green spots hatches, though the screen cuts...

nasty Slut." Shenstone, 1765: "She's ugly, she's old, ... And a slut, and a scold." The attack on the character of the person is perhaps best brought together...

2020, p. 137. de Vries 1962, p. 481. Oxford English Dictionary 2021, s.v. scold, n. Orel 2003, p. 386. de Vries 1962, p. 562. Orel 2003, p. 398. Kroonen...

where punk was ground zero and you didn't admit to having roots. Bob scolded me, "You're sitting on all this stuff. You should check it out." As we...

tests Plain language Readability DuBay, William H. (23 March 2004). "Judges Scold Lawyers for Bad Writing". Plain Language at Work Newsletter (8). Impact...

2025, relations had worsen, with US vice president JD Vance in February scolding "flimsy suspicions" and "enormous pressure from its continental neighbours"...

group of bullies using his Aiki-jūjutsu skills and returns home only to be scolded by his mother Suzumi. The next day, Gao goes to school, Aibo Academy, and...

". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 February 2025. "Slovak PM scolds new EU top team over Ukraine support". POLITICO. 2 December 2024. Retrieved...