medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 2015-10-07 9:44 PM, John Shinners wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>I'm teaching the story of Martin Guerre right now and today a student asked
>if there was a duration of time after which a missing person could be
>declared legally dead. I'm clueless. Did civil or canon law set such a limit?
I seem to recall that if mediaeval outlaws evaded capture for a year and a
day, the charges against them expired. In addition, in modern Britain, it
was (and may still be) true that if a victim of a crime dies from his or
her injuries within a year and a day, the charge is automatically upgraded
to murder. I'm not sure where this period came from, but could it be relevant?
Gordon
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