单词 | compurgation |
释义 | 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- + purgat(us) (ptp. of purgare to PURGE) + -ion- -ION] |
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