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

The high contracting parties having thus agreed upon terms of mutual animosity, to all appearance there remained only the arbitrament of battle.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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.