How To Use Trial by ordeal In A Sentence
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But the trial by ordeal through which he must pass is a fair one.
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That's what trial by ordeal would have been like.
Times, Sunday Times
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Trial by ordeal was abolished completely.
BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
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If the opposite parties were countrymen, they were to follow their national customs, whatever they were; if the appellee were a foreigner, or of foreign descent, he might offer wager of battle, and on its being declined, purge himself by his own oath and that of his witnesses, according to the Norman law; or if a native of the country, he might have his choice of the trial by ordeal or by battle.
Coronation Anecdotes
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The early methods of trial were compurgation or trial by ordeal or wager of law.