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

The Fairfax committee framed resolutions, intimating that a persistence of the government in its measures of coercion would result of necessity only in a resort to the arbitrament of arms.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

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

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.

"Yes, Sir; but you seem to forget, if we proceed to this arbitrament, it is not a mere exchange of fire will satisfy my friend."

From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James