trial by battle

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history a method of trying an accused person or of settling a dispute by a personal fight between the two parties involved or, in some circumstances, their permitted champions, in the presence of a judge. It was introduced to England after the Norman Conquest and abolished in 1819

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Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
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The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
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The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.
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First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
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After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
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He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

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