English Explanatory Dictionary

trial by combat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the fight was proclaimed to be right.

Word forms

trial by combat trials by combat wager of battle trial by battle judicial duel
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