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wager of law
noun
(law,
historical)
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.
意味（1）
(law,
historical)
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.
