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COMPURGATOR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of COMPURGATOR is one who under oath vouches for the character or conduct of an accused person. Did you know?
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Compurgation - Wikipedia
Compurgation, also called trial by oath, wager of law, and oath-helping, was a defence used primarily in medieval law.
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COMPURGATOR Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Compurgator definition: a person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another.. See examples of COMPURGATOR used in a sentence.
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compurgator
compurgator (ˈkɒmpɜːgeɪtə(r), kəmˈpɜːgətə(r)) Also 6 -our. [a. med.L. compurgātor, or F. compurgateur (14th c. in Godef.), n. of action f. L. compurgāre to purge completely; in mediæval or modern times, app. taken as if from com- together with + purgātor purger, clearer. (The second pronunciation is...
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compurgator - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent. · (historical, law) An 'oath-helper' in Anglo- ...
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Compurgator: The Historical Role of Oath-Helpers in Legal Trials
A compurgator is a person who testifies in court to support a defendant, affirming that they believe the defendant is telling the truth.
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compurgatrix
† comˈpurgatrix Obs. [L. fem. agent-n. f. compurgator.] = prec.1663 J. Wilson A. Comnenius iii. iii, If not, you, madam, can Be my compurgatrix.
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compurgator definition · LSData - LSD.Law
A compurgator is a person who appeared in court and made an oath in support of a civil or criminal defendant. They were also known as oath-helpers.
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COMPURGATOR definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
COMPURGATOR definition: one who testified in a compurgation | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English.
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compurgator, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun compurgator is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for compurgator is from 1533, in the writing of Thomas More, ...
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Compurgator Law and Legal Definition | USLegal, Inc.
Compurgation is a trial by which a defendant could have supporters to testify that they believed the defendant was telling the truth. These supporters were ...
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COMPURGATOR - The Law Dictionary
One of several neighbors of a person accused of a crime, or charged as a defendant in a civil action, who appeared and swore that they believed him on his oath.
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compurgatress
comˈpurgatress rare—1. [see -ess.] A female compurgator.1881 Sat. Rev. 16 Apr., Unless he or she is as far gone as Mrs. Fletcher's compurgatress.
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jurator
jurator rare. (dʒʊˈreɪtə(r)) [a. L. jūrātor, agent-n. from jūrāre to swear; in med.(Anglo)L., a juror, a juryman.] = jurat1 1.1622 Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 97 The Four and twenty Iurators in Kent in Rumney Marsh, who always upon their Oaths set down every particular mans ground in certain..and acc...
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compurgatory
compurgatory, a. (kəmˈpɜːgətərɪ) [f. L. type *compurgātōri-us, f. compurgātor: see -ory.] 1. Pertaining to compurgators. compurgatory oath: the oath taken by compurgators.1604 Bp. Barlow Confer. Hampton Crt. 92 Here was necessary the Oath Compurgatorie. 1829 K. Digby Broadst. Hon. I. Godefridus 273 ...
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