元となった辞書の項目
wager of law
名詞
歴史的
(law,
historical)
The
giving
of
gage,
or
sureties,
by
a
defendant
in
an
action
of
debt,
that
at
a
certain
day
assigned
he
would
take
an
oath
in
open
court
that
he
did
not
owe
the
debt,
and
at
the
same
time
bring
with
him
eleven
compurgators
who
would
avow
that
they
believed
in
their
consciences
that
he
spoke
the
truth.
日本語の意味
（歴史的な法律用語）負債訴訟において、被告が自らの負債不存在を公判で誓約するため、担保（gage）や保証人を提供し、さらに十一人の証人（compurgators）を連れてきてその誓約の真実性を証明させる制度
意味（1）
(law,
historical)
The
giving
of
gage,
or
sureties,
by
a
defendant
in
an
action
of
debt,
that
at
a
certain
day
assigned
he
would
take
an
oath
in
open
court
that
he
did
not
owe
the
debt,
and
at
the
same
time
bring
with
him
eleven
compurgators
who
would
avow
that
they
believed
in
their
consciences
that
he
spoke
the
truth.
