A forcible encounter between two or more persons; a battle; a duel. Trial by battle. Mutnal combat is one into which both the parties enter voluntarily; it implies a common intent to fight, but not necessarily an exchange of blows. Aldrige v. (State, 59 Miss. 250; Tate v. State, 46 Ga. 158.
COMBAT
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