Suppletory Oath

In ecclesiastical law. An oath given by the judge to the plaintiff or defendant upon half proof, as by one witness, already made. The oath, added to the half proof, enables the judge to decide. It is discretionary with the judge. Strange, 80; 3 Bl. Comm. 370*. SUPPLICATIO (Lat.)

In civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also, a petition for reversal of judg^nent; also, equivalent to duplicatio, which is our "rejoinder." Calv. Lex. SUPPLICAVIT (Lat.) In English law. rt the peace. It is commonly directed to •he justices of the peace, -when they are iverse to acting in the af Eair in their judical capacity. 4 Bl. Comm. 233. See Viner, ^br.: Comyn, Dig. "Chancery" (4 R), 'Forcible Entry" (D 16, 17). SUPPLICIUM (Lat.)

In civil law. A corporal punishment ordained by law; the punishment of death; so called because it was customary to accompany the guilty man to the place of execution, and there offer supplications for him.

In the -civil law. An oath administered to a party where a fact has been proved by only one witness, in order to make full proof.

An oath administered to a party himself where only one witness was offered, the object of which was to make plena probatio (in the civil law).