Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER VII.
THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS.
Secret proceedings and denial of opportunity for defence 512 Perfected by Francis I. 514 Revised under Louis XIV. 517 Torture _avec réserve des preuves_ 518 Illegal extension of the system in the Netherlands 521 Germany—the Caroline Constitutions 522