purgation

purgation
/pargeyshan/ The act of cleansing or exonerating one's self of a crime, accusation, or suspicion of guilt, by denying the charge on oath or by ordeal. Canonical purgation was made by the party's taking his own oath that he was innocent of the charge, which was supported by the oath of twelve compurgators, who swore they believed he spoke the truth. To this succeeded the mode of purgation by the single oath of the party himself, called the "oath ex officio," of which the modern defendant's oath in chancery is a modification. 3 BLComm. 447; 4 Bl.Comm. 368.
Vulgar purgation consisted in ordeals or trials by hot and cold water, by fire, by hot irons, by battel, by corsned, etc

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  • purgation — [ pyrgasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • h. XIIe; lat. purgatio 1 ♦ Relig. Vx Purification (du pécheur). ⇒ purgatoire. ♢ (1370; trad. gr. katharsis) Hist. littér. Purgation des passions, action de les apaiser ou de les éliminer en les représentant au théâtre. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • purgation — Purgation. subst. f. Evacuation par le moyen d un remede qui purge. Il se porte beaucoup mieux depuis sa purgation. la purgation est necessaire aux personnes repletes. Il se prend plus ordinairement pour le Remede dont on se purge. On luy a donné …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • purgation — Purgation, Purgatio, Expurgatio. Purgation de quelque cas qu on met à sus à aucun, Dissolutio criminum. Purgation de faute, Expiatio. Purgation faicte par certains genres de sacrifices, Sacrificium lustrale, Lustratio. Ce qu on donnoit, ou qu on… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Purgation — Pur*ga tion, n. [L. purgatio: cf. F. purgation. See {Purge}.] 1. The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • purgation — pur·ga·tion /pər gā shən/ n: the act or the result of purging Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. purgation …   Law dictionary

  • Purgation — (v. lat. Purgatio), 1) Reinigung von Schmutz; 2) Reinigung innerer Theile, wie P. alvi, Abführen, s. Abführende Mittel; P. menstrua, Menstruation; 3) Reinigung vom Verdacht, Entschuldigung; daher P. canonĭca, die Reinigung von einem, auf einem… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Purgation — (lat.), Reinigung, besonders von dem Verdacht eines Verbrechens. Purgatio contumaciae, im frühern gemeinrechtlichen Prozeß die Nachholung einer versäumten Rechtshandlung vor Eintritt des mit der Versäumnis verbundenen Rechtsnachteils (s.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • purgation — late 14c., from O.Fr. purgacion (12c.), from L. purgationem, noun of action from purgare (see PURGE (Cf. purge)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • purgation — ► NOUN 1) purification. 2) evacuation of the bowels brought about by laxatives. ORIGIN Latin, from purgare purify …   English terms dictionary

  • purgation — [pʉr gā′shən] n. [ME purgacion < OFr < L purgatio] the act of purging …   English World dictionary

  • PURGATION — s. f. Évacuation par le moyen d un remède qui purge. Il se porte beaucoup mieux depuis sa purgation. La purgation est nécessaire aux personnes replètes.   Il signifie plus ordinairement, Le remède que l on prend pour se purger. On lui a donné une …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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