- compurgations
- n. method of trial in which a defendant is acquitted if a specific number of friends and family swear upon the his/her innocence
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
compurgations
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compurgation — /kom peuhr gay sheuhn/, n. an early common law method of trial in which the defendant is acquitted on the sworn endorsement of a specified number of friends or neighbors. [1650 60; < ML compurgation (s. of compurgatio), equiv. to com COM +… … Universalium
