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Combat

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A forcible encounter between two or more persons; a battle; a duel. Triui by battle.

Mntnal combat. one into which bath the parties enter voluntarily; it implies a common intent to fight, but not necessarily an exchange of blows. Aidrige v. 'State, 59 Miss. 250; Tate v. Slate, 46 Ga. 158.