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electric chair

–noun
1. a chair used to electrocute criminals sentenced to death.
2. the penalty of legal electrocution.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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electric chair  
n.  
  1. A chair used in the electrocution of a prisoner sentenced to death by law.

  2. Execution by means of electrocution.

  3. The sentence of death by electrocution.

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Main Entry: elec·tric chair
Function: noun
1 : a chair used in performing a legal electrocution
2 : the penalty of death by electrocution
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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