What name is given to a fight between two armed people, usually fought to previously agreed rules?

Question

Popular in earlier times to settle so-called matters of honour.

Answer 1

A duel is a formalized type of combat in which two individuals participate. They usually develop out of a desire for one party (the challenger) to redress a perceived insult to his honor by the other participant in the duel. The goal of the duel is not so much to kill the opponent, as to restore one's own honor by being willing to risk one's life.

Duels may be distinguished from trials by combat, in that duel is not used to indicate guilt or innocence, and duels were not official procedures. Indeed, duels were often illegal. Honor can not be damaged by a person of lower class, therefore, duels are fought between members of the same social class, especially members of the upper classes. Duelling is now illegal in all but a few countries around the world.

There are actual rules:

Duels could be fought with some sort of sword or, from the 18th Century on, with pistols. For this end special sets of duelling pistols were crafted for the wealthiest of noblemen.

After the offense, whether real or imagined, the offended party would demand "satisfaction" from the offender, signalling this demand with an inescapably insulting gesture, such as hitting the offender in the face with a glove, or throwing the glove before him, hence the phrase "throwing down the gauntlet". This originates from medieval times, when a knight was knighted. The knight-to-be would receive a ritual slap in the face, said to be the last one he ever had to accept without retaliating tenfold. Therefore anyone being slapped with a glove, was considered, like a knight, to accept the challenge, or be dishonoured. Each party would name a trusted representative (a second) who would, between them, determine a suitable "field of honor", the chief criterion being isolation from interruptions. Duels traditionally took place at dawn, for this very reason. It was also the duty of each party's second to check that the weapons were equal and that the duel was fair.

At the choice of the offended party, the duel could be:

at first blood, in which case the first man to bleed would lose;
till one man was heavily wounded and unable to physically continue the duel;
to the death, in which case there would be no satisfaction until the other party was mortally wounded;
or, in the case of pistol duels, each party would agree to fire one shot each, after which the duel would be declared over

Answer 2

DUEL generally signifies every contest with deadly weapons which takes place by agreement between two persons on account of some private quarrel.The contest must take place by agreement, and the weapons used must be capable of inflicting deadly wounds. Although generally demanded by custom, similarity of weapons is not essential. It is essential to a duel that it take place on account of some private matter, such as wounded honour.

At the choice of the offended party, the duel could be at first blood where the first bleeder would lose; till one man was heavily wounded and unable to physically continue the duel; to the death, or, in the case of pistol duels, each party would agree to fire one shot each, after which the duel would be declared over. For a pistol duel, the parties would be placed back to back with loaded weapons in hand and walk a set number of paces, turn to face the opponent, and shoot. There are certain codes and rules to be followed in this contest.

The word duel is derived from Old Latin word duellum (Classical Latin bellum which means "war"). In Middle Latin it is associated with duo meaning "two". The duel was so firmly rooted in the customs of the Gauls and Germans that it persisted among them even after their conversion.

Currently, many jurisdictions have very high level bans laid against dueling, with stiff penalties for violation but such fight still continue to exist in our modern times much popular in game theories and in the world of cinema. The concept of duel is commonly applied especiallly by the youths and in fraternities in a modified way.

Answer 3

Duel

Answer 4

I already do. Ephesians 6:10-12 New King James version (NKJV) the full Armor of God 10 finally, my brethren, be stable in the Lord and in the means of His could. 11 placed on the full armor of God, which you're in a position to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, yet against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against religious hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

a duel

Answer 7

duel

Answer 8

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Answer 9

that would be a duel

Answer 10

a dual