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trial by oath

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A quick definition of trial by oath:

Trial by oath is a way of deciding if someone is guilty or innocent by having them swear to tell the truth. This is also called compurgation. Another way of deciding guilt or innocence in the past was trial by combat, where people would fight each other. Nowadays, we have trial by jury, where a group of people listens to the evidence and decides if someone is guilty or innocent. In some cases, there are special courts called Tribal Courts that deal with child custody issues for Native American families.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Trial by oath is a legal process where a person's guilt or innocence is determined by the sworn testimony of witnesses or the accused themselves. This is also known as compurgation.

Example: In medieval Europe, trial by oath was a common method of resolving disputes. If someone was accused of a crime, they could bring in a certain number of people to swear under oath that they believed the accused was innocent. If enough people swore to the accused's innocence, they would be acquitted.

This example illustrates how trial by oath was used in the past to determine guilt or innocence. It relied on the testimony of witnesses and the belief that a group of people would not lie under oath.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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[] baddestbunny
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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
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@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
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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
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Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
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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?
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windyMagician
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reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
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NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
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let’s get after it boys and girls
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I gtg to bed soon.
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Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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