Territion
The territion (dt. Fright , from lat. Terrere to set in fright ) describes the showing of the torture instruments . In some cases, the defendants or suspects were also put on the torture tools, but without causing pain. This was often used in the Inquisition as a preliminary stage to the embarrassing questioning . In some cases, instruments that appeared particularly cruel were shown there that were never used in practice, but only served to frighten the suspect as effectively as possible.
With the Constitutio Criminalis Carolina ( 1532 ), Charles V's code of criminal law, fright became part of the administration of criminal justice and remained so until the end of the 18th century.