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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 trial by ordeal
      n : a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or
          innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous
          or painful tests believed to be under divine control;
          escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence [syn: ordeal]