Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient ordeal, in which those who were suspected or accused of murder were required to approach and touch the corpse of the murdered person as it lay on the bier.
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Examples
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In Scott's novel, _The Fair Maid of Perth_, the church is the scene of the trial by bier-right to discover the slayer of Proudfute.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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