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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOUGS, JUGGS, or JOGGS (O. Fr. joug, from See also:Lat. jugum, a yoke)  , an See also:instrument of See also:punishment formerly in use in See also:Scotland, See also:Holland and possibly other countries . It was an See also:iron See also:collar fastened by a See also:short See also:chain to a See also:wall, often of the See also:parish See also:church, or to a See also:tree . The collar was placed See also:round the offender's See also:neck and fastened by a padlock . The See also:jougs was practically a See also:pillory . It was used for ecclesiastical as well as See also:civil offences . Examples may still be seen in Scotland .

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