compurgation

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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

Trover gradually supplants detinue, in which there is compurgation.

From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by Reilly, S. A.

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

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.

Tithings and the process of compurgation came to the assistance of other criminals, but the ceorl could appeal to none, and expect neither pity nor aid.

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