The trial by battel or judicial combat See BATTEL.
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- BATATLLE In old English law. Battel; the trial by combat or duellum.
- VADIARE DUELLUM L. Lat. In old English law. To wage or gage the DUELLUM; to wage battel;…
- BATTEL Trial by combat; wager of battel. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition in French Bataille;…
- WEHADINC In old European law. The judicial combat or duel; the trial by battel.
- WAGER OF BATTEL A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law. 2. The last…
- CHAMPION A person who fights a combat in his own cause, or in place of another.…
- BATTEL, WAGER OF In old English law. A form of trial anciently used in military cases, arising in…
- JUNGERE DUELLUM In old English law. To join the duellum; to engage in the combat Fleta, lib.…