In the French commune of La Tour-du-Crieu, there is up to the present a street named " Rue du Pal " (" Impalement Street "), reflecting the use made of the site during the town's earlier history.

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* Impalement ( heraldry ), a way of combining two coats-of-arms

Initial from the charter granting Gaveston the Earl of Cornwall | earldom of Cornwall, showing the Coat of arms of England | arms of England at top, and Gaveston's coat of arms Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaled with those of de Clare below.

Impalement ( heraldry ) | Impalement of the coat of arms of Frescobaldi ( left ) and Albizi ( right ), probably created upon the wedding of Angiolo Frescobaldi and Leonidas degli Albizzi ( 19th century )

Impalement was a method of torture and execution whereby a person is pierced with a long stake.

Elizabeth Woodville's arms as queen consort, the royal arms of England Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Wooville ( Quartlerly, first argent, a lion rampant double queued gules, crowned or ( Luxemburg, her mother ’ s family ), second quarterly, I and IV, gules a star if eight points argent ; II and III, azure, semée of fleurs de lys or ; third, barry argent and azure, overall a lion rampant gules ; fourth, gules, three bendlets argent, on a chief of the first, charged with a fillet in base or, a rose of the second ( here shown in inverse: the rose should be argent on a chief gules ); fifth, three pallets vairy, on a chief or a label of five points azure, and sixth, a fess and a canton conjoined gules ( Woodville ))

Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, involves the body of a person being pierced with a long stake.

Impalement and other methods of torture were intended to intimidate civilian peasants at a local level into cooperating with the Viet Cong or discourage them from cooperating with the South Vietnamese Army or its allies.

He soon became involved in a virulent dispute with historian Nicolae Iorga, when the latter issued harsh criticism regarding Carol's January 1939 initiative to dress large sections of the society, including Romanian Academy members, in various uniforms ( a measure backed by Călinescu ); Iorga remarked with irony: " I'm prepared to wear the FRN uniform, but allow me to wear a speared helmet on my head, on which to place is, to Impalement | impale the Minister of the Interior ".

Arms of Cilicia under the Lusignan, showing a triple Impalement ( heraldry ) | impalement of the arms of Cilicia under the Hethumids with those of Jerusalem and Lusignan

He is actually helpful to Ayame, Sakon and Ryoma, guiding them throughout the story and helping with his chants, until he is Impalement and killed by Ranmaru

Heraldic escutcheon on tomb of Hugh Oldham ( d. 1519 ), Bishop of Exeter: Dexter and sinister | Dexter: Gules, a sword erect in pale argent, hilted or surmounted by two keys addorsed in saltire of the last ( See of Exeter ) Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling: Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules ( Oldham ).

Arms of Chichester Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Copleston: Baron: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for Difference ( heraldry ) | difference ( Chichester ); Feme: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure ( Copleston ), surmounted by the Coronet | coronet of a viscount showing 9 of its 16 pearls.

Impalement was the usual sentence for the crime of treason against the king.

Achievement ( heraldry ) | Heraldic achievement of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue, showing arms of Fortescue Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Grenville, c. 1800, Possibly from a bookplate: Baron: Azure, a bend engrailled argent plain cottised or ; Femme: Vert, on a cross argent five Roundel | torteaux.

Impalement of Judean s in a Neo-Assyrian Empire | Neo-Assyrian relief.

Impalement was frequently practiced in Asia and Europe throughout the Middle Ages.

Impalement is the traumatic penetration of an organism by an elongated foreign object such as a stake, pole, or spear, and this usually implies complete perforation of the central mass of the impaled body.

Impalement of Judeans in a Neo-Assyrian relief.

Impalement was only occasionally used by samurai leaders during the Age of Warring States.

Impalement is known to have been employed in several regions of southern Asia, such as in the Bengal region, where it was known as Shul ( Bengali: শ ূ ল ) and in ancient Tamilnadu, in present-day India, where it was referred to as Kazhuvetram.

Impalement was also used in other European countries, though to a more limited degree.

File: Impalement demo. svg | The same two coats impaled

The tour was followed shortly thereafter by the Grotesque Impalement EP, which the band released on their own Blunt Force Records label imprint.

Heraldic escutcheon on easternmost of north aisle piers in Powderham Church, Devon, showing the arms of Courtenay of Powderham Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Bonville: Sable, six mullets argent pierced gules.

Heraldic Escutcheon ( heraldry ) | escutcheon incised on tombstone of Reginald de Botreaux ( d. 1420 ) showing the Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaled arms of his parents: Baron: Argent, a griffin segreant gules armed azure ( Botreaux ); Femme: Azure seme of fleurs-de-lis a lion rampant or ( Beaumont )

Disgorge played many shows throughout 1995 to broaden their fan base, and in 1996 recorded the first four tracks of Cranial Impalement which was not released at the time but was later distributed by Extremities Productions.

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