Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused (called a "proband") was determined by subjecting them...

ordeal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ordeal may refer to: Trial by ordeal, a religious judicial practice to determine "the will of God" Ordeal (autobiography)...

seeds yield a potent poison called cerberin that has been used for trials by ordeal, suicide, and poisonings. It is native to South and Southeast Asia...

In the Hebrew Bible, the ordeal of the bitter water was a Jewish trial by ordeal administered by a priest in the tabernacle to a wife whose husband suspected...

course of the 16th century. Unlike trial by ordeal in general, which is known to many cultures worldwide, trial by combat is known primarily from the...

Bench trial Civil trial Criminal trial Jury trial Mock trial Trial at bar Trial by combat Trial by ordeal The Trial, a 1925 novel by Franz Kafka Trial, a...

Lateran Council IV trial by ordeal was used in the adjudication of cases in many jurisdictions throughout Europe. Trial by ordeal could occur in a few...

disease, difficult forced labor and the practice of tangena (a harsh trial by ordeal using a poisonous nut from the Cerbera manghas tree) resulted in a...

Kugatachi (盟神探湯) is a kind of trial by ordeal that was conducted in ancient Japan. It was done through exposure to boiling water and it is believed that...

doctor." Trial by ordeal may be considered another form of divination. The Sentinel, Harper, March 2006, Vol 02, No 01. Description of Ordeal and Chemical...

circuit. A criminal accused by this jury was given a trial by ordeal. The Church banned participation of clergy in trial by ordeal in 1215. Without the legitimacy...

The tangena ordeal was a form of trial by ordeal practiced in Madagascar to determine the guilt or innocence of an accused party. The trial utilized seeds...

removed from office by an impeachment trial in the Senate. In earlier times, disputes were often settled through a trial by ordeal, where parties would...

Look up trial by fire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Trial by fire may refer to: Trial by fire (law), a form of trial by ordeal Trial by Fire (1995...

of murder was guilty or innocent, the case could be solved by means of a trial by ordeal. In the case of cruentation, the accused was brought before...

Ordeal by Innocence is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 3 November...

Ordeal by Innocence (titled on-screen as Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence) is a three-part television drama series that was first broadcast in April...

appeal to God to prove fact by trial by battle (wager of battle, trial by combat, or judicial duel), and of trial by ordeal. The use of the oath instead...

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Bisha'a or Bisha (Arabic: بِشْعَة; ordeal by fire, trial by fire or fire test) is a ritual practiced by some Muslim Bedouin tribes of the Judean, Negev...

obligated to the tribe. Trial by ordeal is used by the Bedouin to decide on the gravest of crimes. Authorities to hold such trials and judge them are granted...

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

by ordeal in the civil and common law courts. This had the effect of bringing the practice of trial by ordeal to an abrupt halt in England. Trial by battle...

1215 the Church condemned trial by ordeal in the Fourth Lateran Council. This meant priests could no longer use trial by ordeal to determine guilt or innocence...

win in spite of using a rusty sword. Chaisra had no belief in the trial by ordeal and was hopeful that she would be able to kill her rival with one stroke...

Sassywood is an ancient West African form of trial by ordeal. Although it has been outlawed due to human rights concerns, it remains in sporadic use in...

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 freemen. The...

innocence by oath in criminal cases (such as murder, arson, forgery, theft and witchcraft), he might still redeem himself through trial by ordeal. Trial by ordeal...

suspected of the crime. In the end she had one of her men undergo a trial by ordeal on her behalf to prove her innocence, but the man was badly burned...

of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame Trial by ordeal – Medieval judicial practice to determine guilt through a life-threatening...