Super Jurare
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A term anciently used when a criminal endeavored to excuse himself by his own oath, or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so plain and notorious that he was convicted on the oaths of many more witnesses. Wharton.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A term anciently used, when a criminal, who tried to excuse himself by his own oath or that of one or two witnesses, was convicted by the oaths of t many more witnesses. Moz. & W. SUPER PR AE R0GATI VA REGIS. A writ which formerly lay against the king’s tenant’s widow for marrying without the royal license. Fitzh. N. B. 174.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910