PILLORY (collistrigium, "collum stringens;" pil-
loria, from the French pilleur, i. e. depeculator; or pe-
lori, derived from the Greek πύλα, janua, a "door,"
because one standing on the pillory puts his head as it
were through a door, and πύλα, video), is an engine
made of wood to punish offenders, by exposing them to
public view, and rendering them infamous. There is a
statute of the pillory, 51 Hen. III. And by statute it is
appointed for bakers, foresters, and those who use
false weights, perjury, forgery, &c. 3 Inst. 219. Lords
of leets are to have a pillory and tumbrel, or it will be
the cause of forfeiture of the leet; and a village may be
bound by prescription to provide a pillory, &c. 2 Hawk.
P. C. 73.