Invoke sacred methods of enforcing an oath
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From: Prosecution of (Trial)
If a contract was made, there are powers before London that might take an interest in enforcing it.
Game Instructions: Success here will significantly increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Unlocked with 
Progress of a Trial exactly 1, 
The Efficient Commissioner's Tale 1000, 
Trial Being Fought 2-4 (You are prosecuting a matter of oaths between private parties.)
Locked with Trial Being Fought 1 (A Cedar-Trial cannot be held on a matter between individual and state.)
Challenge information
Narrow, 
A Player of Chess 2 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (30%)
- 1 - tough (40%)
- 2 - very chancy (50%)
- 3 - chancy (60%)
- 4 - modest (70%)
- 5 - very modest (80%)
- 6 - low-risk (90%)
- 7 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Truth in wood and root
The sapling that grows in the courtyard shall serve to find the balance of the participants' oaths. [...] the verdict will not be the judge's. Both parties are induced to clasp hands before the tree. Each thinks this method will benefit them most of all.
Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets 
Progress of a Trial to 2)
You've gained 3 x Prestige of a Legal Case
You have changed the terms of this trial. It is now conducted under the Cedar Authority. Oaths made must be honoured; debts incurred must be repaid. (Sets 
Format of Trial to 20)
Failure
Denied
The judge seems testy today. The trial shall proceed under the common law, and the verdict shall be the court's.
- Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 2)
