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Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused (called a "proband" [1]) was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.
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The only trial available to the defendant remained the traditional trial by ordeal, specifically in the Assize of Clarendon, "the ordeal of water". [2] Nevertheless, Henry did not put much faith in the results of the ordeal. The unfortunate felon who was convicted through the ordeal was typically executed.
Sassywood is an ancient West African form of trial by ordeal.Although it has been outlawed due to human rights concerns, it remains in sporadic use in Liberia. [1] [2] In sassywood, the necessary ordeal can take on many different forms.
The tangena ordeal was a form of trial by ordeal practiced in Madagascar to determine the guilt or innocence of an accused party. The trial utilized seeds of the tree species Cerbera manghas (family Apocynaceae), which produces seeds that contain highly toxic cardiac glycosides including cerberin and tanghinin.
Trial by ordeal (9 P) W. War crimes trials (7 C, 20 P) Witch trials (4 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Types of trials" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of ...
Minister Takeuchi Shukune, painting by Hoshinen Tsukioka. Kugatachi (盟神探湯) is a kind of trial by ordeal that was conducted in ancient Japan. [1] It was done through exposure to boiling water and it is believed that innocent people would not be scalded and guilty people would be scalded due to divine intervention by kami.
Ordeal may refer to: Trial by ordeal, a religious judicial practice to determine "the will of God" Books. Ordeal (autobiography) ...