trial by ordeal

1. Judicium Dei, or trial by ordeal, is a widespread legal procedure in medieval European.
   神判法是中世纪前期欧洲流行的司法审判程序。
2. At the oral cultural background of no written words or paying little attention to the written words, the Oral African Law pays much attention to oral procedure on the presentation form, stresses on external ceremony, hands down oath and trial by ordeal.
   在无文字或不注重文字的口头文化背景下，口头法在表现形式上重口头程序，强调外在仪式，流传誓言与神判。
3. Study on the Trial by Ordeal in Medieval Europe
   中世纪欧洲神判法的历史考察

noun

1. 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

   Synonym:    ordeal