compurgation
Example Sentences
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For civil suits there was a provision against ‘wager of battle,’ and the accused again cleared themselves by compurgation.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
Tithings and the process of compurgation came to the assistance of other criminals, but the ceorl could appeal to none, and expect neither pity nor aid.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
This form gradually fell into disuse before the more rational form of compurgation introduced into Teutonic courts in the fifth century.
From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Stephen Francis Weston
Trover gradually supplants detinue, in which there is compurgation.
From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly
Very rarely acquittal by compurgation, that is by oath of the accused supported by the oaths of a number of persons that they believed he was telling the truth, was allowed.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
