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Combatable

Such as can be or is liable to be combated as combatable foes evils or arguments...


Combater

One who combats...


VerbarHors de combat

Out of the combat disabled from fighting out of action...


Combat, Trial by single

Combat, Trial by single. See BATTEL....


Single combat, Trial by

Single combat, Trial by. See BATTEL....


Trial by combat

Trial by combat, means a trial that is decided by personal battle between the disputants, common in Europe and England during the middle ages; especially, a trial in which the person accused fought with the accuser, the idea being that God would given victory to the person in the right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1511....


Campfight

Campfight, the trial of a cause by combat of two champions in the field. If it were a crime deserving death, the campfight was for life or death; if the offence deserved only imprisonment, the campfight was accomplished when one combatant had subdued the other, so as either to make him yield or take him a prisoner. The accused might choose another to fight in his stead, but the accuser was obliged to fight in his own person. See BATTEL, WAGER OF. The combatants were armed with similar weapons, 3 Inst. 221....


Fight

Fight. See CHALLENGES TO FIGHT.A fight is a combat between two and more persons whether with or without weapons. It is not possible to enunciate any general rule as to what shall be deemed to be a sudden quarrel. It is a question of fact and whether a quarrel is sudden or not must necessarily depend upon the proved facts of each case, Dhirajbhai Gorakhbhai Nayak v. State of Gujarat, (2003) 9 SCC 322 (327). (Penal Code, 1860, s. 300 Exception 4)A fight is a combat between two and more persons whether with or without weapons. It is not possible to enunciate any general rule as to what shall be deemed to be a sudden quarrel. It is a question of fact and whether a quarrel is sudden or not must necessarily depend upon the proved facts of each case. For the application of Exception 4, it is not sufficient to show that there was a sudden quarrel and there was no premeditation. It must further be shown that the offender has not taken undue advantage or acted in cruel or unusual manner, Ghapoo ...


Defiance

The act of defying putting in opposition or provoking to combat a challenge a provocation a summons to combat...


List

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground or field of combat hence in the plural lists the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat...


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