tvætala (OSw) noun

If one party changed his plea or evidence during legal proceedings, he was fined. OSw DL, UL and VmL specify it as changing one’s plea from one þing ‘assembly’ to another.


altered case OSw UL Rb
OSw VmL Rb

amended writ OSw KrL Rb
OSw MEL Rb
OSw MESt Rb

case-changing OSw HL Rb
self-contradiction OSw DL Rb
OSw SdmL Rb
Refs:

Schlyter s.v. tvætala

Citation
  • ‘tvætala’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5459
    (07/27/2024)