Usually means: Medieval judicial duel to resolve.
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  1. trial by combat: Merriam-Webster
  2. trial by combat: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Trial by Combat (film), Trial by Combat, Trial by combat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. trial by combat: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trial by combat)

noun:  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.


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