Compurgation - Wikipedia The wager of law, also called compurgation, is an old legal practice, dating back to Saxon and feudal times, which was contemporaneous to the appeal to God to prove fact by trial by battle (wager of battle, trial by combat, or judicial duel), and of trial by ordeal
Compurgation | Medieval Trial, Oath Helpers, Ordeal | Britannica compurgation, in early English law, method of settling issues of fact by appeal to a type of character witness Compurgation was practiced until the 16th century in criminal matters and into the 19th century in civil matters
COMPURGATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Compurgation definition: an early common-law method of trial in which the defendant is acquitted on the sworn endorsement of a specified number of friends or neighbors
compurgation definition · LSData Definition: Compurgation is a historical trial method where a defendant could have supporters, called compurgators, testify that they believed the defendant was telling the truth