Ley Gager
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Wager of law; an offer to make an oath denying the cause of action of the plaintiflF, confirmed by compurgators (q. v.), which oath used to be allowed in certain cases. When it was accomplished, it was called the "doing of the law," fesans de ley.
Termes de la Ley, "Ley"; 2 Barn. & C. 538; 3 Bos. & P. 297; 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c 42, § 16.