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Compurgation, also
called trial by oath,
wager of law, and oath-helping, was a
defence used
primarily in
medieval law. A
defendant could establish their...
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especially felonies,
included trial by ordeal,
trial by battle, or
trial by
compurgation (trial by oath), in
which evidence, inspection, and
inquiry was made...
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Innocent III at the
Fourth Council of the
Lateran of 1215 and
replaced by
compurgation.
Trials by
ordeal became rarer over the Late
Middle Ages, but the practice...
- In the
ecclesiastical courts, the most
common form of
trial was by
compurgation. If the
defendant swore an oath to his
innocence and
found twelve compurgators...
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manorial court. The
earlier Anglo-Saxon
method of
trial by
ordeal or of
compurgation was
modified by the
Normans into
trial by a jury made up of 12 local...
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decided what
proof of
innocence or
guilt to
accept (such as
ordeal or
compurgation). The
shire court handled administrative business, such as arrangements...
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Cadillac Gage Commando, used by
Police Surety, in an
action of debt; see
Compurgation § Surety
Gaige (disambiguation)
Gauge (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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reign of
Henry IV of
England by the
Parliament of England. It
abolished compurgation for high
treason and theft.
Benefit of
clergy High
treason in the United...
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century in the form of witch-hunts.
Whilst common in
early Germanic law,
compurgation was
formally adopted in Rome by Pope
Innocent III in 1215 at the Fourth...
- time. When it came to
evidence in
other European courts,
things such as
compurgation,
which is the
defendant taking an oath over his
stance and
getting around...
