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ORDEAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests character or endurance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Traitement destiné à juger quelqu'un, à lui conférer une qualité, une dignité, à le classer.

OBS

épreuve judiciaires : épreuves auxquelles on soumettait des accusés, des adversaires, en faisant appel à l'intervention de Dieu pour désigner le coupable ou trancher une contestation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Courts
  • Sentencing
DEF

One of the most ancient forms of trial in England that required the accused person to submit to a dangerous or painful test on the theory that God would intervene and disclose his or her guilt or innocence.

CONT

Trial by ordeal is a judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task. In some cases, the accused was considered innocent if they survived the test, or if their injuries healed; in others, only death was considered proof of innocence. (If the accused died, they were often presumed to have gone to a suitable reward or punishment in the afterlife, which was considered to make trial by ordeal entirely fair).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Tribunaux
  • Peines
CONT

Ordalie : épreuve judiciaire moyenâgeuse qui faisait appel aux éléments de la nature pour prononcer le verdict. Le jugement de Dieu par l'eau, le feu.

OBS

Historiquement, épreuves judiciaires : épreuves auxquelles on soumettait des accusés, des adversaires, en faisant appel à l'intervention de Dieu pour désigner le coupable ou trancher une contestation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Tribunales
  • Penas
DEF

Prueba ritual usada en la antigüedad para establecer la certeza, principalmente con fines jurídicos, y una de cuyas formas es el juicio de Dios.

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