WAGER OF BATTEL.
\wˈe͡ɪd͡ʒəɹ ɒv bˈatə͡l], \wˈeɪdʒəɹ ɒv bˈatəl], \w_ˈeɪ_dʒ_ə_ɹ ɒ_v b_ˈa_t_əl]\
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A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law.
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The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817, but not procceded in to judgment; and at the next session of the British parliament an act was passed to abolish appeals of murder, treason, felony or other offences, and wager of battel, or joining issue or trial by battel in writs of right. 59 Geo. III. c. 46. For the history of this species of trial the reader is referred to 4 Bl. Com. 347; 3 Bl. Com. 337; Encyclopedie, Gage de Bataille; Steph. Pl. 122, and App. note 35.
By John Bouvier
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