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Dei Judicium

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Dei judicium, the old Saxon trial by ordeal, so called because it was thought to be an appeal to God for the justice of a cause, and it was believed that the decision was according to the will and pleasure of Divine Providence. See ORDEAL

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