DEFENDERE SE PER CORPUS SUUM

defendere se per corpus suum (di-fen-d<<schwa>>-ree see p<<schwa>>r kor-p<< schwa>>s

s[y]oo-<<schwa>>m),  vb.[Law  Latin  “to  defend  himself  by  his  own  body”]  Hist. To  agree  to  a

trial by judicial combat; to agree to a duel. [Blacks Law 8th]