Black Cap 3282854 195684838 2008-03-04T00:18:48Z Mauls 492987 {{otheruses}} In [[English law]], the '''Black Cap''' was worn by a judge when passing a [[Capital punishment|sentence of death]]. The death penalty has now been abolished in [[England and Wales]], but the black cap is still part of a judge's regalia, and is worn every year on [[9 November]] when the new [[Lord Mayor of the City of London]] is presented to the [[Royal Courts of Justice|Law Courts]]. ==References== *The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (ISBN 1-84022-310-3) {{UK-law-stub}}