Champion
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. He who fights for another, or takes his place in a quarrel; one who fights his own battles. Bracton, lib. 4, tit. 2, c. 12.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
He who fights for another, or who takes his place in a quarrel. One who fights his own battles. Bracton, 1. 4, t 2, c. 12.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A person who fights a combat in his own cause or in place of another. The person who, in the trial by battel, fought either for the tenant or demandant. 3 BL Comm. 339.
— Champion of the king or queen. An ancient officer, whose duty it was to ride armed cap'd,-pt6. into Westminster Hall at the coronation, while the king was at dinner, and, by the proclamation of a herald, make a chnilenge "that, if any man shall deny the king's title to the crown, he is there ready to defend it in single combat." The king drank to him, and sent him a gilt cup covered, full of wine, which the champion drank, retaining the cup for his fee. This ceremony, long discontinued, was revived at the coronation of George IV., but-not afterwards. Wharton.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
One who, in the trial of battel or combat, fought either for the tenant or the demandant; one who fought in his own cause.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A person who fights a tel, fought either for the tenant or demandant. 3 BI. Comm. 339, CHAMPION OF THE KING OR
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
he who fights for another, or takes his place in a quarrel; it also includes him who fights his own battles. Bract. lib. 4, tr. 2, c. 21. ‘CHANCE, accident. <As the law punishes a crime only when there is an intention to commit it, it follows that when those acts are done in the performance of a lawful act by mere chance or accident, which would have amounted to a there is no crime. For example, if workmen were employed in blasting rocks ina retired field, and a person not knowing of the circumstance should enter the field, and was killed by a piece of the rock, there would be no guilt in the workmen. 1 East, P. C. 262; Foster, 262; 1 Hale’s P. C. 472; 4 Bl. Com. 192. Vide Accident.