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Trial by ordeal

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Noun
  1. 1
    An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove their innocence by their survival of physically painful tests.
  2. 2
    a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence wordnet

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