Duellum
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), 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
Trial by battle; judicial combat. Spelman.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I In old English and Scots law. The judicial combat, or trial by battel. Greai
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The trial by battel or judicial combat. See Barrer.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from duo, two.] In old English law. The judicial combat, or trial by battel. Bract. lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 21. fol. 141 b. Spelman. A single combat between two, to prove the truth in a suit; the one who overcame being considered as having proved his case. (Est singularis pugna inter duos, ad probandum veritatem litis, et qui vicerit probasse intelligitur.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 32. Duellum is the appropriate Latin word, sometimes expressed by monomachia (single fight.) Co. Litt. 294 b. 4 Inst. 157. Battail, bataille, or battayle, was the Norman French. Vadiare duellum; to wage the duel, to give pledges to fight. Bract. fol. 141 b. Percussio duelli; the striking of a duel, the commencement of the combat. Id. ibid. See Battel, Combat, Campfight.