英语词汇“compurgation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

compurgation

/ˌkɒmpəːˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n

noun [mass noun] Law, historical

Acquittal from a charge or accusation obtained by statements of innocence given by witnesses under oath.Kichynman claimed he had already cleared himself of this charge through compurgation....

The Anglo-Saxon preference for compurgation, as proof of guilt or innocence, persisted and only gradually gave way to trial by jury.
In the absence of positive evidence of guilt, and sometimes despite of it, the accused was bound to clear himself by compurgation or by the ordeal.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin compurgatio(n-), from Latin compurgare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + purgare 'purify' (from purus 'pure').

单词	compurgation
释义	compurgation /ˌkɒmpəːˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n / noun [mass noun] Law, historical Acquittal from a charge or accusation obtained by statements of innocence given by witnesses under oath.Kichynman claimed he had already cleared himself of this charge through compurgation.... The Anglo-Saxon preference for compurgation, as proof of guilt or innocence, persisted and only gradually gave way to trial by jury. In the absence of positive evidence of guilt, and sometimes despite of it, the accused was bound to clear himself by compurgation or by the ordeal. Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin compurgatio(n-), from Latin compurgare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + purgare 'purify' (from purus 'pure').
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