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...

especially felonies, included trial by ordeal, trial by battle, or trial by compurgation (trial by oath), in which evidence, inspection, and inquiry was made...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

canon against clerical participation in trial by ordeal, replacing it by compurgation. September 13 – King John of England seeks help from Innocent III in...

laws 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...

Legal proceedings were of three kinds: trial by eyewitnesses, trial by compurgation and trial by jury. In early medieval Sweden, each Land (province) was...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

existence of heresy. The people would be required to swear under oath (compurgation) anything they knew about heretical activity. All oath-breakers were...

sought through methods invoking divine intervention: trial by oath (compurgation) and trial by ordeal. In criminal cases, three forms of ordeal were used:...

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...

canon against clerical participation in trial by ordeal, replacing it by compurgation. September 13 – King John of England seeks help from Innocent III in...

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...

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....