单词 | wager of law |
释义 | > as lemmaswager of law wager of law n. Law (now historical). an offer to make oath of innocence or non-indebtedness, to be supported by the oaths of eleven compurgators. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > clearing oneself > [noun] > wager of law wager of law1521 ley-gager1625 1521–2 Irish Act 13 Hen. VIII, c. 2 (1621) 73 The partie or parties defendants shall haue none essoine, protection, ne law wager. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xxxiii Lyke as in the wageour of a lawe, they shall not swere that the defendaunt oweth not the money, but that they byleue that he swereth treuth. 1536 Irish Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 5 (1621) 102 Wherein no wager of law, essoine ne protection shall lye. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. §514. 293 b The like oath shall bee made in an Attaint and in battaile, and in wager of Law [Litt. en Battaile & en ley gager]. a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) i. 261 In this case the Court overruled the Wager of Law. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxii. 341 A sixth species of trial is by wager of law, vadiatio legis. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 42 §13 And be it further enacted, That no Wager of Law shall be hereafter allowed. < as lemmas |
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