see LAW sb.1 8 c.
Lydford, now a small village on the confines of Dartmoor, was formerly the chief town of the stannaries.
1399. Langl., Rich. Redeles, III. 145. Now, be þe lawe of lydfford … Þilke lewde ladde ouȝte euyll to thryue.
a. 1645. W. Browne, Wks. (1772), III. 157. I oft have heard of Lydgford law, How, in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgement after.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Lydford Law, is to hang men first, and indite them afterwards.
