Antejuramentum

Antejuramentum

Antejuramentum, and præjuramentum, historically called "juramentum calumniæ" (literally, "oath to accuse falsely"), is an oath which both the accuser and accused were obliged to make before any trial or purgation.

The accuser was to swear that he would prosecute the criminal, and the accused was to make oath on the very day that he was to undergo the ordeal, that he was innocent of the claims of which he was charged. If the accuser failed, the criminal was discharged. If the accused failed, he was intended to be guilty, and was not to be admitted to purge himself by the ordeal (see: combat, duel, etc).

References

*1728

ee also

*Calumny
*Trial by ordeal
*Trial by combat


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  • antejuramentum — An oath required of the plaintiff that he would prosecute, and of the defendant, that he was innocent …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • antejuramentum — ˌantē , tə̇ noun (plural antejuramenta) Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin ante + juramentum oath more at jurament : the preliminary oath required of the accuser and accused in a trial by compurgation …   Useful english dictionary

  • Praejuramentum — Praejuramentum, s. Antejuramentum …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • praejuramentum — See antejuramentum …   Black's law dictionary

  • praejuramentum — See antejuramentum …   Black's law dictionary

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