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Lex sacramentalis, purgation by oath, Leg. H. 1.

Witam, the purgation from an offence by the oath of the requisite number of witnesses.

A natural or artificial purgation of any passage as of the mouth bowels etc

of justifying or confirming a mans veracity by the oath of others called also wager of law See Purgation also Wager of law under Wager

One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another See Purgation also Wager of law under Wager

Antejuramentum, or pr'juramentum, an oath taken by the accuser and accused before any trial or purgation, Leg. Athelstan apud Lambard, 23.

Assach, or Assath, a custom of purgation formerly used in Wales, by which an accused party cleared or purged himself of the accusation by the

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