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Definition of Duels

Duel
Duel Du"el, n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.
Duel
Duel Du"el, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]

Meaning of Duels from wikipedia

- A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly...
- Philip and his friend both challenged Eacker to duels when he called them "****ed rascals". Price's duel, also in Weehawken, New Jersey, resulted in nothing...
- The Duel may refer to: The Duel (poem), a poem by Eugene Field The Duel (Chekhov novel), an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov The Duel (Kuprin novel), a 1905...
- A duelling pistol is a type of pistol that was manufactured in matching pairs to be used in a duel, when duels were customary. Duelling pistols are often...
- Spielberg Duel (2004 film), an Iranian film directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish Duels (video game), a web-based role-playing game Groups Duels (band), an...
- wage duels of honor until World War I. During the Third Reich the Mensur was prohibited at all universities following the party line. Within the duel, it...
- before duelling, members of the nobility did have the right to challenge each other for duels without the involvement of the judiciary, so that duels of this...
- was the final judicial duel held in France, it was not the last legal duel. Subsequently authorised duels were not judicial duels deciding the guilt and...
- which describes a duel between Duṭṭhagāmaṇī and the Tamil king Eḷāra in the 2nd century BC. Probably by this ****ociation, duels were seen as a heroic...
- The 2025 The Duel at Daytona are an upcoming pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races that will be held on February 13, 2025, at Daytona International...