judicial combat

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• judicial combat — noun : trial by battle * * * judicial combat noun Trial by battle • • • Main Entry: ↑judicial …   Useful english dictionary

• Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 — The Hughes Court, 1932–1937. Front row: Justices Brandeis and Van Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes, and Justices McReynolds and Sutherland. Back row: Justices Roberts, Butler, Stone, and Cardozo …   Wikipedia

• Judicial Duel — Generally fought between combatants of knightly rank between the appellant and the defendant. A charge of dishonorable conduct underlies the combat, fought to the death before judges. Not a tournament, it is a form of trial by combat. Many of the …   Medieval glossary

• Trial by combat — 1540s depiction of a 1409 judicial combat in Augsburg (Paulus Hector Mair, Munich cod. icon. 393) Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of… …   Wikipedia

• Romanian judicial reform — Recent decades have seen a surge in the birth of supraterritorial institutions and associations [Manfred Steger, Globalization: A very short introduction , p. 64] , that have been gathered by their enactment of common law and practices. European… …   Wikipedia

• Stage combat — is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live stage plays as well as operatic and ballet productions. The term is also used informally to… …   Wikipedia

• Chivalric combat — See Judicial Duel …   Medieval glossary

• Trial by Battle or Combat — A form of trial often open to gentles of the knightly class, generally to fend off a charge of treason or dishonorable conduct. Generally fought to the death; the defeated opponent was generally removed from the lists and executed. See also… …   Medieval glossary

• Ashford v Thornton — The Court of King s Bench, circa 1808 Court Court of King s Bench Full case name William Ashford v Abraham Thornton …   Wikipedia

• Duel — For other uses, see Duel (disambiguation). Drawing of a duel fought with foils in the Bois de Boulogne in 1874 …   Wikipedia

• German school of fencing — page of Mscr. Dresd. C 93 by Paulus Hector Mair (1540s) Also known as Deutsche Fechtschule, German Swordsmanship, Kunst des Fechtens Focus longsword, messer, dagger, polearms, grappling …   Wikipedia