Challenge |
An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. |
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Challenge |
The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. |
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Challenge |
A claim or demand. |
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Challenge |
The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. |
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Challenge |
An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. |
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