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- 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 Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of COMPURGATION is the clearing of an accused person by oaths of others who swear to the veracity or innocence of the accused
- 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 | Cambridge English Dictionary
The accused man was able to clear his name by compurgation The truth of the charges was decided by compurgation
- Compurgation: Understanding Its Historical Legal Context | US Legal Forms
What is compurgation? Compurgation is a historical legal practice where a defendant could prove their innocence by gathering supporters to swear an oath of belief in their truthfulness
- COMPURGATION definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
compurgation in American English (ˌkɑmpərˈɡeiʃən) noun 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 of compurgation by The Free Dictionary
An ancient form of trial in which an accused person could call a number of people, usually 12, to swear to their belief in his or her innocence
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