In Terms of the Development of the Common Law Legal

question 128

Multiple Choice

In terms of the development of the common law legal system, which of the following is true?

• A) Historically, local lords, barons, or sheriffs held court as part of their feudal responsibility.
• B) Trial by battle involved some psychological test.
• C) Trial by ordeal involved armed combat between the litigants or their champions.
• D) Travelling courts, established by weak kings, provided a relatively unattractive method of resolving disputes.
• E) The courts of the nobles grew in power, eventually evolving into the modern courts of today.

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