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- Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least...41 KB (5,184 words) - 20:36, 13 May 2024
- In the Hebrew Bible, the ordeal of the bitter water was a Jewish trial by ordeal administered by a priest in the tabernacle to a wife whose husband suspected...27 KB (3,633 words) - 08:31, 18 May 2024
- 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...12 KB (1,394 words) - 05:47, 25 April 2024
- Bisha'a or Bisha (Arabic: بِشْعَة; ordeal by fire, trial by fire or fire test) is a ritual practiced by some Muslim Bedouin tribes of the Judean, Negev...10 KB (1,392 words) - 12:32, 10 May 2024
- In Anglo-Saxon law, corsned (OE cor, "trial, investigation", + snǽd, "bit, piece"; Latin panis conjuratus), also known as the accursed or sacred morsel...9 KB (1,300 words) - 20:11, 28 August 2020
- An alfet (Old English: ālfæt, "fire vat") was an ancient cauldron filled with boiling water, into which an accused person was to plunge his arm up to his...998 bytes (151 words) - 18:59, 17 December 2023
- 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...6 KB (707 words) - 00:47, 14 May 2024
- This article contains the Meitei alphabet. Without proper rendering support, you may see errors in display. The old legend of Sandrembi and Chaisra (Meitei:...21 KB (2,343 words) - 13:12, 9 March 2024