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wager of battel
1. A superstitious mode of trial which until lately disgraced the English law.
2. The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817, but not procceded in to judgment; and at the next session of the British parliament an act was passed to abolish appeals of murder, treason, felony or other offenses, and wager of battel, or joining issue or trial by battel in writs of right.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English