compurgation

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With this assize too a practice which had prevailed from the earliest English times, the practice of "compurgation," passed away.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

The King or his representative in the community, called the "reeve", conducted the trial by compurgation.

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

Sometimes the court decided offhand, sometimes compurgation was allowed immediately or on the next day, sometimes juries were formed and gave decisions.

From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Cheyney, Edward Potts

Nay, nay, he freed himself By oath and compurgation from the charge.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron