compurgation
Kelime Anlamı :
1. tanıkların yeminiyle suçun-aklanması.
2. tanıkların yeminiyle suçun aklanması.
3. eskiden bir sanığın suçsuzluğunun birkaç tanığın şahadeti ile kabul edilmesi.
4. (isim) tanıkların yeminiyle suçun aklanması.
Tanımlar :
1.
A method of trial in which an accused person could summon a specified number of people, usually 12, to swear to their belief in his or her innocence.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A form of trial in which the defendant took an oath of his innocence and summoned twelve people to swear that they believed him
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
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.
2. exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in early english law, a mode of trial in which the accused was permitted to call twelve persons of his acquaintance to testify to their belief in his innocence. see compurgator. compurgation in the ecclesiastical courts was not abolished till the reign of Elizabeth.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia