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

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.

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

The almost universal disposition of the better class of the people was to accept the arbitrament which the sword had accorded them.

From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by Lester, J. C.

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)