 Corsned

In Anglo-Saxon law, corsned (OE "cor", "trial, investigation", + "snǽd", "bit, piece"; Latin "panis conjuratus"), also known as the accursed or "sacred" morsel, or the morsel of execration, was a type of trial by ordeal that consisted of a suspected person eating a piece of barley bread and cheese totalling about an ounce in weight and consecrated with a form of exorcism as a trial of his innocence.If guilty, it was supposed the bread would produce convulsions and paleness and cause choking.