English Dictionary

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

When faced with mounting claims, he invoked the wager of law, bringing eleven compurgators and offering sureties to assert in court that he did not owe the debt.

多数の請求に直面したとき、彼は誓言に基づく弁明に訴え、担保を差し出して11人の補誓人を伴い、法廷で債務を負っていないと主張した。

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.