See Also: FLEET, punishment, Eng(law)
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semblance (oh) and FLEET, punishment, Eng (law)


semblance (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: sembler 'to be like, seem']
a/some semblance of sth
a situation, condition etc that is close to or similar to a particular one, usually a good one
::She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order .
::After the war, life returned to a semblance of normality.

FLEET, punishment, Eng (law)


FLEET, punishment, Eng. law, Saxon fleot. A place of running water, where the tide or float comes up. A prison in London, so called from a river or the tide or float comes up. A prison in London, so called from a river or ditch which was formerly there, on the side of which it stood. ditch which was formerly there, on the side of which it stood.