In Old English law, the morsel of trial, a piece of bread of about an ounce weight consecrated by exorcism (panis conjuratus) which an accused…
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by ordeal > types of (9) corsneda1000 In Old English law, the morsel of trial, a piece of bread of about an ounce weight consecrated by exorcism (panis conjuratus) which an accused… water-ordeallOE A practice in which an accused person is subjected to a trial by water, usually involving physical pain or danger, overcoming of which is taken… waterdoom1580 Ordeal by water, as practised in the early medieval period. fire ordeal1612 a test of guilt or innocence in which a person is subjected to trial by fire; the practice of administering such tests; cf. sense A. 11, water-ordeal… alfet1678 A type of cauldron, spec. one filled with scalding water and employed in trials of ordeal; (in later use) the ordeal itself. bier-right1828 an ordeal in which a person, accused of murder, was required to approach the corpse, and clear himself on oath. Subcategories:— equipment used in (3) |
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