Note 404 — Book X.
John Beames translation
Vide Mirror c. 3. s. 13. Bracton 151. b. Fleta 55. s. 8. We find that Warrantors were sometimes collusively vouched.
Thus, Champions of acknowledged prowess were named, who, being hired for the purpose, readily entered into the Warranty. When such an instance of collusion took place, the Champion was, according to Bracton and Fleta, to lose a foot and a hand—but, in Britton’s time, the Champion and the person citing him were both liable to death.