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combat

see BATTLE.
Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

COMBAT, Eng. law. The form of a forcible encounter between two or more persons or bodies of men; an engagement or battle. A duel.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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No matter what their fighting experience, they had never encountered a dog that moved so swiftly as he.
He knew more about fighting than did any of the dogs that faced him.
Hard all is the word; the two stand to one another like men; rally follows rally in quick succession, each fighting as if he thought to finish the whole thing out of hand.
Don't you know that I expect the sixth to stop fighting?"
During the fighting in the chamber I had not even a single chance to so much as steal a glance at her where she stood behind me beside the throne of the dead ruler.
If we know that the enemy is open to attack, and also know that our men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the nature of the ground makes fighting impracticable, we have still gone only halfway towards victory.
We, who by personal experience know nothing of bloodshed, must not judge harshly the heroes of the Fighting Groups.
Second, the organizing of the Fighting Groups, and outside of them, of the general secret organization of the Revolution.
When they came to the part where the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty Diomed, fighting like lions or wild boars of great strength and endurance, there Juno stood still and raised a shout like that of brazen-voiced Stentor, whose cry was as loud as that of fifty men together.
As one man we moved, an irresistible fighting mass, over the bodies of dead and dying foes toward the gorgeous throne of the Martian deity.
One conspicuous peculiarity of the early aerial fighting arose from the profound secrecy with which the airships had been prepared.
He meant to fight for her--to die for her, if necessary--and if he did not die to go on fighting to the end for her love.
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