Relating to the Vehm or Fehmgericht, medieval German secret tribunals that dispensed rough justice.
From German Fehmgericht (from Fehm, possibly from Old Saxon feem meaning 'a condemnation'). These were actual legal bodies in medieval Westphalia that operated with secret proceedings.
The Fehmic courts were like medieval 'shadow governments'—secret judges who would sentence people in the dead of night, making them one of history's most mysterious legal systems!
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