Note 11 — Chapter VII · Wager of Law.

II. Pollock and Maitland’s History English Law, 600.

It was also a custom for a long time, for the defendant to select his compurgators from the nominees of the injured person, and a case is recorded, as late as 1277, in Leicester, where this was required, but it was soon abolished as too onerous a task for an accused person. II. Pollock and Maitland’s History English Law, p. 636, note.