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wager of law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ger of law
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.

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What does wager of law mean?
The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.

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