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)

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

And while when those graves were made we differed widely about the nature of this government, these differences have been settled by the arbitrament of arms.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

Had he been a member of the Peace Congress, he could not have detested the arbitrament of arms more heartily.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James