Purgation in United States
Purgation Definition
(Lat. purgo; from purum and ago, to make clean) . The clearing one’s self of an offense charged, by denying the guilt on oath or affirmation. Canonical purgation was the act of justifying one’s self, when accused of some offense, in the presence of a number of persons worthy of credit, generally twelve, who would swear they believed the accused. See “Compurgator.” Vulgar purgation consisted in superstitious trials by hot and cold water, by fire, by hot irons, by battle, by corsned, etc. In modern times, a man may purge himself of an offense in some cases where the facts are within his own knowledge; for example, when a man is charged with a contempt of court, he may purge himself of such contempt by swearing that in doing the act charged he did not intend to commit a contempt.
Purgation in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Purgation | Purgation in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Purgation | Purgation in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Purgation | Purgation in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Purgation | Purgation in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Purgation | Purgation in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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(Lat. purgo; from purum and ago, to make clean) . The clearing one’s self of an offense charged, by denying the guilt on oath or affirmation. Canonical purgation was the act of justifying one’s self, when accused of some offense, in the presence of a number of persons worthy of credit, generally twelve, who would swear they believed the accused. See “Compurgator.” Vulgar purgation consisted in superstitious trials by hot and cold water, by fire, by hot irons, by battle, by corsned, etc. In modern times, a man may purge himself of an offense in some cases where the facts are within his own knowledge; for example, when a man is charged with a contempt of court, he may purge himself of such contempt by swearing that in doing the act charged he did not intend to commit a contempt.
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