Combat
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Eng. & Fr. [L. Lat. duellum, campus; L. Fr. battail, bataille^ In old English law. The formal trial of a doubtful cause or quarrel by the swords or batons of two champions. Termes de la ley. Cowell. Otherwise called trial by battel. See Battel, Dvellum.