battel

battel
Physical combat engaged in by an accuser and accused to resolve their differences, usually involving a serious crime or ownership of land. It was recognized by the English king from the eleventh to seventeenth centuries.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


battel
Physical combat engaged in by an accuser and accused to resolve their differences, usually involving a serious crime or ownership of land. It was recognized by the English king from the eleventh to seventeenth centuries.

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  • Battel — ist der Name von Albert Battel (1891–1952), deutscher Rechtsanwalt, Oberleutnant der Wehrmacht und Gerechter unter den Völkern Carlo Battel (* 1972), italienischer Skibergsteiger Edward Battel, britischer Radsportler Diese …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Battel — Bat tel, n. [Obs. form. of {Battle}.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See {Wager of battel}, under {Wager}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Battel — Bat tel, v. t. [Cf. {Batful}, {Batten}, v. i.] To make fertile. [Obs.] To battel barren land. Ray. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Battel — Bat tel, a. Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Battel — Bat tel, n. [Of uncertain etymology.] Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Battel — Bat tel, v. i. To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Battel — Battel, or Battels (of uncertain origin, possibly connected with battle, a northern English word meaning to feed, or batten ) was a word used at the University of Oxford for the food ordered by members of the college as distinct from the usual… …   Wikipedia

  • battel — /baetal/ Trial by combat; wager of battel. See wager of battel …   Black's law dictionary

  • battel — /baetal/ Trial by combat; wager of battel. See wager of battel …   Black's law dictionary

  • battel — A duel; a combat which was sanctioned by law in ancient times as a form of trial, under the superstition that the right would triumph. The last trial by battel on record was in 1638. See 3 Bl Comm 337 et seq …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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