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13) Anglo-Saxon England had two trial methods: compurgation, where 12 juratores (those sworn) evaluated a case using their knowledge of the disputants and the alleged offenses; and ordeal, such as ordeal by hot water/stone, by consecrated bread, or by cold water.
Unhandcuffing justice: proposals to return rationality to criminal ... by Clemens, Aaron M.; Stancil, Hale R. / Florida Bar Journal
Hutson's aside about compurgation being "medieval folklaw," however, seems odd.
The Invention of Suspicion: Law and Mimesis in Shakespeare and ... by Shuger, Debora K. / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
The response from mainstream society to quotidian and frequent interaction between members of the three religions consisted in a manipulation of this concept to protect their women from Muslim and Jewish men and avoid the compurgation that, in fact, seems to characterize the popular orders.
Body, baths and cloth: Muslim and Christian perceptions in medieval ... by De Barros, Maria Filomena Lopes / Portuguese Studies
 
 
 
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