English-Thai Dictionary

compurgation

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPURGATION

n.[L., To purify. ] In law, the act or practice of instifying a man by the oath of others who swear to their belief of his veracity; wager of law, in which a man who has given security to make his law, brings into court eleven of his neighbors, and having made oath himself that he does not owe the plaintiff, the eleven neighbors, called compurgators, avow on their oaths that they believe in their consciences he has affirmed the truth.

 

COMPURGATOR

n.One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. [See Compurgation. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPURGATION

Com `pur *ga "tion, n. Etym: [L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t.]

 

1. (Law )

 

Defn: The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

 

2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence. He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. Bp. Hacket.

 

COMPURGATOR

Com "pur *ga `tor, n. Etym: [LL. ]

 

Defn: One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. All they who know me. .. will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators. Chillingworth.

 

COMPURGATORIAL

COMPURGATORIAL Com *pur `ga *to "ri *al, a.

 

Defn: Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. "Their compurgatorial oath. " Milman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compurgation

com pur ga tion |ˌkämpərˈgāSHən ˌkɑmpərˈɡeɪʃən | ▶noun Law, historical acquittal from a charge or accusation, obtained by statements of innocence given by witnesses under oath. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin compurgation-, from Latin compurgare, from com- (expressing intensive force ) + purgare ‘purify ’ (from purus ‘pure ’).

 

compurgator

com pur ga tor |ˈkämpərˌgātər ˈkɑmpərɡeɪdər | ▶noun Law, historical a sworn witness to the innocence or good character of an accused person. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: medieval Latin, from Latin com- ‘together with ’ + purgator, from purgare ‘purify ’ (see compurgation ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

compurgation

compurgation |ˌkɒmpəːˈgeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law, historical acquittal from a charge or accusation obtained by statements of innocence given by witnesses under oath. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin compurgatio (n- ), from Latin compurgare, from com- (expressing intensive force ) + purgare ‘purify ’ (from purus ‘pure ’).

 

compurgator

compurgator |ˈkɒmpəːgeɪtə | ▶noun Law, historical a sworn witness to the innocence or good character of an accused person. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: medieval Latin, from Latin com- ‘together with ’ + purgator, from purgare ‘purify ’ (see compurgation ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Compur

Com pur Substantiv, maskulin Fotografie , der ® |Comp u r |der Compur; Genitiv: des Compurs, Plural: die Compure Kunstwort Objektivverschluss

 

Spanish Dictionary

compurgación

compurgación nombre femenino der Refutación de acusaciones o indicios inculpadores contra una persona .SINÓNIMO purgación .compurgación canónica der Acto por el que un acusado se justifica ante un juez eclesiástico siguiendo las reglas de los cánones .SINÓNIMO purgación canónica .