com·pur·ga·tion /ˌkɑm(ˌ)pɚ/
免罰宣誓
Com·pur·ga·tion n.
1. Law The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.
He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. --Bp. Hacket.
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