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

They spent four fruitless years over the question, and it remained undecided until settled by the arbitrament of the sword.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

Whether it was worthy of your courtesy to offer an insult to one who cannot 84 defend himself, I shall leave to your own arbitrament, when you bethink yourself in other hours of this situation.

From Graham of Claverhouse by Maclaren, Ian

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

Afterwards and in process of time the Lord called his chief dependents or vassals to assist him in the arbitrament of his subjects’ disputes. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan