Acrefight or Acre

Dictionary: 
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

A camp or field fight; a sort of duel or judicial combat, anciently fought by single combatants, English and Scotch, between the frontiers of the two kingdoms with sword and lance. Called "campfight," and the combatants "champions," from the open field that was the stage of trial. CowelL

Author: 
Henry Campbell Black, M.A.
Publisher: 
West Publishing Company
Year Published: 
1910
Genre: 
Law Dictionary