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

Since he was deaf to argument and reason nothing remained but to refer it to the arbitrament of arms, with the result that General Bambos is quite sure not to open the dispute again.”

From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

"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

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

Will my learned friends say that, in a case like that, you could appeal to the arbitrament of the Supreme Court of the United States?

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.