wager of battle造句

• John has her condemned to be wager of battle,  which cannot be denied.
• The wager of battle was not always available to the defendant in an appeal of murder.
• In judicial procedure, a system of compurgation prevailed, as well as the wager of battle.
• Pronouncing judgement in favour of the accused's plea claiming the wager of battle, Justice Bayley of the King's Bench said that:
• Parliament abolished wager of battle the following year, in 1819, and at the same time they also abolished the writ of right and criminal appeals.
• A number of legal fictions were devised to enable litigants to avail themselves of the jury even in the sort of actions that were traditionally tried by wager of battle.
• With the emergence of the legal profession in the thirteenth century, lawyers, guarding the safety of the lives and limbs of their clients, steered people away from the wager of battle.
• Scott mentioned the case in his other writings, discussed it with his friends, and backdated the dedication to the book two years to the date of Thornton's wager of battle.
• A charter granted at Nairn refers to the " locus trialis " at Ardersier, and according to the historian George Bain, this may have been an ancient place of trial by wager of battle.
• In 1815, three years before " Ashford v Thornton ", an appeal of murder was brought in Dublin in " O'Reilly v Clancy ", and the defendant demanded the wager of battle.
• According to Sir Robert Megarry, who wrote of " Ashford v Thornton " in 2005, the haste was due to a wager of battle being made in another case, though the names of the parties are not known.
• "Wager of battle " in England was a mode of trial allowed in certain cases, viz . on a civil writ of right for recovery of land ( see Writ ), and on criminal appeals of treason and felony ( see Appeal . ).
• If the plaintiff ( in an appeal of murder, the next-of-kin of the deceased ) requested such a retrial, the defendant could respond with the " wager of battle ", that is, requiring the plaintiff to settle the matter by combat, with the outcome to be ordained by God.
• The 1249 text has articles concerning : the proclaiming of the alleged offence on both sides of the border; the use of pledges to ensure that the plaintiffs and defendants turned up at the day of march; the use of jurors from both kingdoms; the payment of compensation to victims ( such as " manbote " as regards murder ); the method of proof in contested disputes ( usually judicial duel or " wager of battle ", known as " handwarcelle " ); and the guarantee of sanctuary to those who confessed.