arbitrament

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Every possible means consistent with Divine law and human dignity must be employed ... to avoid the final arbitrament of nuclear warfare.

From Time Magazine Archive

War is not arbitrament by reason, but arbitrament by the sword.

From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Weston, Stephen Francis

The arbitrament of the sword reversed the decision of the lawyers at Roncaglia.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

Will my learned friends say that, in a case like that, you could appeal to the arbitrament of the Supreme Court of the United States?

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.

It was inevitable that Carver should undervalue moral suasion; a military man, he recognized only the arbitrament of brute force.

From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles