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单词 wager of battle
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wager of battle
wager of battle n. Law (now historical). a challenge by a defendant to decide his guilt or innocence by single combat.
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a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) The Table Wager of battell shall not be by Cosins in a writ of right.
1716 W. Hawkins Pleas Crown (1726) ii. xlv. 427 He may counter~plead the Wager of Battel.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxii. 337 The trial by wager of battel.
1819 Act 59 Geo. III. c. 46 (title) An Act to abolish Appeals of Murder, Treason, Felony or other Offences, and Wager of Battel.
in extended use.1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 150 Having accepted the wager of battle, our champion began forthwith to collect his forces.1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xi. 5 When Harold and William met face to face in the great wager of battle.
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