compurgation
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Trial by jury, origin of; by battle; by compurgation.
From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson
The persons brought forward to take this oath were known as compurgators, or "co-swearers," and the legal act thus performed was called compurgation.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
The King or his representative in the community, called the "reeve", conducted the trial by compurgation.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
On the other hand, fines were to be assessed according to local custom; compurgation was retained for unimportant cases and inheritances were to remain divisible among all heirs male.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Nay, nay, he freed himself By oath and compurgation from the charge.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson
