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battel
Dictionary: Bat-tel
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Battel. Latin batuere, to strike, beat. Trial by combat or duel. Also called wager of battel, battle, battaile.
BATTEL, in French Bataille; Old English law. An ancient and barbarous mode of trial, by Bingle combat, called wager of battel, where, in appeals of felony, the appellee might fight with the appellant to prove his innocence.
WAGER OF BATTEL.
A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law. 2. The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817, but not... more ...
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