put to the question

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The goat having performed his simple tricks in the presence of the court, and Esmeralda still refusing to admit her guilt, the president ordered her to be put to the question.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

Robert Kirk, on being put to the question, admits the fact, but says that it was his wife put them there to be near her hand.

From International Short Stories English by Various

Well, he cared little about it, especially as the Inquisitor had decreed that, being a man of so much importance, he was not to be put to the "question."

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

The assembly had unanimously decided that Louis was guilty, when the appeal to the people was put to the question.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)

Sir John Eliot moved that it be put to the question, “because they that would have it, do urge us to that point.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac