compurgation
Example Sentences
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The difficulties of taking evidence by compurgation increased daily.
From Henry the Second by Mrs. J. R. Green
It might give procedural privileges: trial by battle is excluded, and trial by compurgation is secured and regulated.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
The form of the oath which she was to swear was then communicated to her and the day for the compurgation fixed.
From Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga by Unknown
The King or his representative in the community, called the "reeve", conducted the trial by compurgation.
From Our Legal Heritage 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
