no it was not
Trial by ordeal did not originate in the Middle Ages. It probably developed in prehistory, but certainly existed in the earliest historic periods. There is a link below.
Two methods were: - trial by ordeal, in which the accused had to pass a dangerous test, like thrown into a well, and - trial by combat, in which he had to fight to prove his innocence. The two methods for deciding the guilt or innocence of accused criminals in the early middle ages were trial by combat or ordeal.
Trial by jury.
a trial you don't have to pay for....
1275, as time went on, people sought a fairer way of determing guilt or innocence instead of the trials of fire and water, thanks to King Henry II