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.
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.
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 ’).
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 ’).
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