Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

canfara

Read a random definition: voiture

A quick definition of canfara:

Canfara was a way of determining if someone was guilty or innocent by subjecting them to a dangerous or painful physical test, such as holding a hot piece of metal or being submerged in cold water. People believed that God would reveal the truth through the outcome of the ordeal. This practice was used in Europe until the 13th century, but was eventually forbidden by the Fourth Lateran Council. Other types of ordeals included the bread-and-cheese ordeal and the ordeal of the morsel. Single ordeals were prescribed for less serious crimes, while triple ordeals were for more serious crimes.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Canfara is a trial by hot iron that was used in England in the past. It was a primitive form of trial where an accused person was subjected to a dangerous or painful physical test, and the result was considered a divine revelation of the person's guilt or innocence. The participants believed that God would reveal a person's culpability by protecting an innocent person from some or all consequences of the ordeal. The ordeal was commonly used in Europe until the 13th century, but only sporadically after 1215, when the Fourth Lateran Council forbade the clergy from participating in ordeals.

Examples:

  • Ordeal by fire: An ordeal in which the accused person was forced to hold a piece of hot metal or to walk barefoot across a hot surface, the judgment of guilt or innocence depending on how quickly and cleanly the person's hands or feet healed. Typically the person's hand was bandaged and, upon the bandage's removal three days later, was examined for festers (indicating guilt).
  • Ordeal by water: An ordeal in which guilt or innocence depended on whether the accused person floated or sank after being submerged in cold water. A priest would first consecrate the pool of water, adjuring it to receive the innocent but reject the guilty. An accused who sank was declared innocent; one who floated was adjudged guilty because floating revealed the water's (and therefore God's) rejection of the person.
  • Ordeal of the morsel: An ordeal in which the person who was to make the proof was given a one-ounce piece of bread or cheese that a priest had solemnly charged to stick in the throat of the guilty. A person who choked was declared guilty; a person who did not was declared innocent.

The examples illustrate how the ordeal worked and how guilt or innocence was determined. In the ordeal by fire, the accused person had to hold a hot metal or walk barefoot across a hot surface, and the judgment of guilt or innocence depended on how quickly and cleanly the person's hands or feet healed. In the ordeal by water, the accused person had to float or sink after being submerged in cold water, and the judgment of guilt or innocence depended on whether the person floated or sank. In the ordeal of the morsel, the person who was to make the proof was given a piece of bread or cheese that a priest had charged to stick in the throat of the guilty, and the judgment of guilt or innocence depended on whether the person choked or not.

Candlemas | canon

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
Dkk
19:42
SEO is big money
2016 pushed the conservative party into populism irreversibly
Dkk
19:43
Maybe, but if this is populism, then every election is populist.
19:43
@Dkk: yeah register 1 website and every swinging tom dick and harry calls/emails/texts to 'help with seo'. like bruh, if YOU found it, what i am doing is working
Dkk
19:43
Indeed!
19:48
wasp, i think people are hopeful for a gov who at least attempts to care about the common man
MIAMI A
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
TY
got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.