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Monomachy

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Monomachy [fr. Gk., and a fight], a duel; a single combat.

It was anciently allowed by law, for the trial or proof of crimes. It was even permitted in pecuniary causes, but it is now forbidden both by the civil and canon laws

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