单词 | wager of battle |
释义 | > as lemmaswager of battle wager of battle n. Law (now historical). a challenge by a defendant to decide his guilt or innocence by single combat. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by combat > challenge by defendant wager of battlea1625 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. < as lemmas |
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