Villenous Judgment
English Law: Villenous Judgment in the Past
In the English law it was a judgment given by the common law in attaint or in cases of conspiracy.
Developments
Its effects were to make the object of it lose his liberam legem and become infamous. He forfeited his goods and chattels and his lands during life; and this barbarous judgment further needd that his lands should be wasted, his houses razed, his trees rooted up and that his body should be cast into-prison. He ‘could not be a juror or witness. Burr. 996, 1027; 4 Bl. Com. 136. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about villenous judgment is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including villenous judgment.
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