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

This is the meaning of the Nicene Council in the great arbitrament between the Spiritual and the Civil Powers, or, in Catholic language, between the Priesthood and the Empire.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

If they fight with sword and shell are they not lowering themselves to the level of Nietzsche, Bernhardi and B�low, and submitting to the arbitrament of the sword, which decides nothing except its own sharpness.

From The Great Discovery by Maclean, Norman

Let it be observed now, that Mr. Shields's friends, after agreeing to the arbitrament of four disinterested gentlemen, declined the contract, saying that Mr. Shields wished his own friends to act for him.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

But it fell out otherwise, for Skegs swore by the body of St. Rumbold he would have no arbitrament, and that his price was three pound and sixteen shillings, as he had already said.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.