Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bridewell
Meaning of Bridewell
A house of correction in England.
What does Bridewell mean in American Law?
The definition of Bridewell in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
In England, any prison or penitentiary, the term having been generalized from a particular one founded in London in the sixteenth century.
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