Compurgation
law:concept:compurgationOath-helping; accused cleared by marshalling required number of oath-swearers (compurgators) to swear to his innocence; Germanic and Anglo-Saxon; survived in canon law courts.
Oath-helping; accused cleared by marshalling required number of oath-swearers (compurgators) to swear to his innocence; Germanic and Anglo-Saxon; survived in canon law courts.