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

From the day of his acknowledged election, party politics settled into the calm of acquiescence, and all loyal and true States and men bowed to the arbitrament of the ballot box.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

"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

Roused by the eloquence of their leader, they went further than he would venture, and advocated an appeal to the arbitrament of war.

From The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion by DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)

And the arbitrament of war, and war’s desolation, is a foregone conclusion.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp