Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER V.
LIMITATIONS IMPOSED ON THE WAGER OF BATTLE.
Respective rights of plaintiff and defendant 140 Minimum limit of value 147 Questions of rank 148 Liability of women to the Combat 152 of ecclesiastics 155 The Combat under ecclesiastical jurisdiction 161 Not recognized in mercantile law 165