Law Dictionary
Letter J
Judicium Dei
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Judicium Dei (judgment of God), a term applied by our ancestors to the now prohibited trials of undiscovered perpetrators of crimes; as those by arms and single combat; or by ordeals, as by fire or red-hot plough shares (see ORDEAL), which were founded on the belief that God would work a miracle rather than suffer innocence to perish.
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