compurgation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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.

It might give procedural privileges: trial by battle is excluded, and trial by compurgation is secured and regulated.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

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 Hallett, Cecil Walter Charles

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 Ogg, Frederic Austin

The difficulties of taking evidence by compurgation increased daily.

From Henry the Second by Green, Mrs. J. R.