P.S. According to Black's Law Dictionary, a pound-overt is said to be
one that is open overhead; a pound-covert is close or covered over such
as a stable or building. Amusingly, Black's gives this last word on the
subject: "There is no more ancient institution in the country than the
Village Pound. It is far older that the King's Bench, and probably older
than the kingdom."
Linda H. Rowe
Historical Research
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
757-220-7443
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I agree--the livestock angle didn't even occur to me, but it makes a lot
of
sense!
--Eric
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>I thought goal (jail) was the likely answer but this idea of siezed
> livestock makes perfect sense, especially since when the police take
> possession of a car these days, it is "impounded."
>
> Harold S. Forsythe
> Golieb Fellow
> New York University, School of Law
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>
>> from _http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/po/pound205513.html_
>> (http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/po/pound205513.html)
>> and _http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=pound_
>> (http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=pound)
>>
>> pound: An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which
cattle or
>> other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going
at
>> large in
>> violation of law; a pinfold.
>>
>> For what it's worth, a quick search doesn't show any usage of
"pound" as
>> a
>> jail for humans, although one can see how it might be. The use of
>> "head"
>> in
>> the document in question would suggest it was for loose livestock.
The
>> use of
>> "key" raises the possibility of it being human, but perhaps it was
>> simply
>> an
>> open enclosure with a lock
>>
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