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trials by combat

trials by combat is the plural of trial by combat.

Meaning of trial by combat

Noun

trial by combat (countable and uncountable, plural trials by combat)

  1. A method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the fight was proclaimed to be right.

Questions about trials by combat

What is trials by combat the plural of?
Trials by combat is the plural of trial by combat.

Words near trials by combat in the dictionary

  1. trialogue
  2. trialogues
  3. trials
  4. trials and errors
  5. trials and tribulations
  6. trials by combat
  7. trials by fire
  8. trials by media
  9. trials by ordeal
  10. trials de novo
  11. trials of void

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