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Combat, Trial by single
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Battel
A single combat as trial by battel See Wager of battel under Wager
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Judicium Dei
by our ancestors to the now prohibited trials of undiscovered perpetrators of crimes; as those by arms and single combat; or by ordeals, as by fire or red-hot plough shares (see ORDEAL), which were founded on the belief … Judicium Dei (judgment of God), a term applied by our ancestors to the now prohibited trials of undiscovered perpetrators of crimes; as those by arms and single combat; or by ordeals, as by fire
Monomachy
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
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