compurgation
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It resembled neither the Roman trial, where the judges made the decision, nor the mediæval compurgation and ordeals, where God was supposed to pronounce the verdict.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
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
Proof was by compurgation, the ordeal having been abolished by the Church.
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
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 S. A. Reilly
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