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Defendere se per corpus suum
offer duel or combat as a legal trial and appeal. Abolished by 59 Geo. 3, s. 46. See BATTEL.
Nihil tam conveniens est naturali eaquitati quam unumquodque dissolvi enquiry officer ligamine quo ligatum est
Max., referring especially to Ashford v. Thornton, (1819) 1 B& Ald 405, the absured law of which (see BATTEL) had to be abolished by statute, 59 Geo. 3, c. 56.
Prerogative of mercy
injured, the prosecutor might release, but the King could not pardon: 3 Inst. 237. Appeals by wager of battel (see that title) were abolished in 1819 by 56 Geo. 3, c. 46, in consequence of Ashford v.
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Single combat, Trial by
Single combat, Trial by. See BATTEL.
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