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Mediaeval legal defence
Compurgation, also called trial by oath, wager of law, and oath-helping, was a defence used primarily in medieval law. A defendant could establish his
Compurgation
Medieval judicial practice to determine guilt through a life-threatening experience
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
Trial_by_ordeal
1166 act of Henry II of England
especially felonies, included trial by ordeal, trial by battle, or trial by compurgation (trial by oath), in which evidence, inspection, and inquiry was made
Assize_of_Clarendon
Lowest court of law in England and Germanic countries during the feudal period
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
Manorial_court
Former right to be tried under canon law
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
Benefit_of_clergy
Topics referred to by the same term
Cadillac Gage Commando, used by Police Surety, in an action of debt; see Compurgation § Surety Gaige (disambiguation) Gauge (disambiguation) This disambiguation
Gage
Legal principle that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty
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
Presumption_of_innocence
System of tribunals enforcing Catholic orthodoxy
by ordeal (trial by combat, trial by fire, trial by water, etc.), and compurgation (character witnesses), especially in teutonic cultures. In tenth and
Inquisition
13th-century Swedish law
Legal proceedings were of three kinds: trial by eyewitnesses, trial by compurgation and trial by jury. In early medieval Sweden, each Land (province) was
Law_of_Uppland
Codification of Welsh laws from the time of King Hywel Dda
came to court, the method used to come to a decision was usually by compurgation. Under this system the person accused or the parties to a dispute would
Cyfraith_Hywel
Treatise on the prosecution of witches, 1486
against heresy". Pavlac (2009), p. 29. Pavlac (2009), p. 31': "Both compurgation and ordeal were believed to take place under the beneficent care of God
Malleus_Maleficarum
Act of the Parliament of England
reign of Henry IV of England by the Parliament of England that abolished compurgation for high treason and theft.. The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings'
Benefit_of_Clergy_Act_1402
Law of trial by jury in England and Wales
answer, guilt or innocence were established by oath, often in the form of compurgation, or trial by ordeal. During the 11th and 12th centuries, juries were
Juries_in_England_and_Wales
Code of Lombard customary law
pursuit and restoration of fugitives. In judicial procedure, a system of compurgation prevailed, as well as the wager of battle. The general assembly of free
Edictum_Rothari
Pre-conquest law in England
the crime. In court, the scratch was used as evidence against him. In compurgation or trial by oath, a defendant swore oaths to prove his innocence without
Anglo-Saxon_law
Calendar year
canon against clerical participation in trial by ordeal, replacing it by compurgation. September 13 – King John of England seeks help from Innocent III in
1215
Form of law followed by the early Germanic peoples
especially in Frankish law, the judicial oath often took the form of compurgation, an oath of innocence sworn by the accused with the help of oath-helpers
Germanic_law
1184 papal bull and decretal on abolishing heresy by Pope Lucius III
existence of heresy. The people would be required to swear under oath (compurgation) anything they knew about heretical activity. All oath-breakers were
Ad_abolendam
cogitable, cogitabund, cogitate, cogitation, cogitative, cogitator, compurgation, counteract, counteraction, counteragent, counterreaction, deactivate
List of Latin verbs with English derivatives
List_of_Latin_verbs_with_English_derivatives
Roman legal procedure
10; but it seems historically to have been derived from the system of compurgation, introduced into England from Normandy, a system which is now thought
Legal_wager
decided what proof of innocence or guilt to accept (such as ordeal or compurgation). The shire court handled administrative business, such as arrangements
Government in Anglo-Saxon England
Government_in_Anglo-Saxon_England
English court
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
Court_of_piepowders
sought through methods invoking divine intervention: trial by oath (compurgation) and trial by ordeal. In criminal cases, three forms of ordeal were used:
Government in Norman and Angevin England
Government_in_Norman_and_Angevin_England
for making a knight swear (ie submit to the old fashioned process of compurgation) 1172 Construction of The Castle, Newcastle, a stone castle with rectangular
Timeline of Newcastle upon Tyne
Timeline_of_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
killing of a freeman by a servant 3. Accusations of person-stealing and compurgation for the accused 4. Provision for the family of dead freemen: maternal
Law_of_Hlothhere_and_Eadric
Premonstratensian abbey in Halesowen, England
frustrate the abbot at every turn, and the dependence of proceedings on compurgation or purging of guilt by oath tended to forge a solidarity among them.
Halesowen_Abbey
Decade
canon against clerical participation in trial by ordeal, replacing it by compurgation. September 13 – King John of England seeks help from Innocent III in
1210s
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a.
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
v. t.
The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
v. t.
Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.