compurgation

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With this assize too a practice which had prevailed from the earliest English times, the practice of "compurgation," passed away.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

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 Weston, Stephen Francis

The assize ultimately evolved into the jury of verdict, which replaced ordeal, compurgation, and battle as the method of finding the truth.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

There was no trial by compurgation, which was abolished by Henry.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

Trial by jury, origin of; by battle; by compurgation.

From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup