Chartel
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A challenge to single combat. Used at the period when trial by single combat existed. Cowell.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A challenge to single combat Used at the period when trial by single combat existed. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. fr.
In old English law. A single combat, in use during the practiced.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
<A challenge to a single combat; also an instrument or writing between two states for settling the exchange of prisoners of war.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Fr.
In old English law. A letter of defiance or challenge to single combat, in use during the period when trial by battel was practised. Uowell. Blount,