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compurgator

[kom-per-gey-ter] / ˈkɒm pərˌgeɪ tər /
NOUN
party
Synonyms
STRONG
actor agent confederate contractor defendant litigant partaker participant plaintiff plotter sharer
WEAK
cojuror participator

Example Sentences

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The compurgator slides into the witness and the juryman, bringing with him the oath on the Bible and trial for perjury, and the feed champion of the Church into the patron.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

A compurgator swore that "By the Lord, the oath is clean and unperjured which ... has sworn."

From Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. by Reilly, S. A.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.