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Webster 1913 Edition
Compurgation
Comˊpur-ga′tion
,Noun.
[L. ]
compurgatio
, fr. compurgare
to purify wholly; com-
+ purgare
to make pure. See Purge, Verb.
T.
1.
(Law)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compurgation
COMPURGATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
compurgation
compurgation
English
Noun
compurgation (plural compurgations)
- (now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 23:
- Between the later middle ages and the early seventeenth century, compurgation appears to have become an increasingly onerous test to pass, perhaps reflecting tightening attitudes to sexual offenders.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 23:
Translations
clearing someone following sworn oaths
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