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petición de satisfacción de honor
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This is a paper by a historian about the place of honor and duels, even, among doctors in Buenos Aires at the turn of the century:
El primero conjunto de indicios proviene de los trabajos de Sandra Gayol, quien afirma que de “los más de 3000 casos datados de petición de satisfacción de honor existente, más de 1480 fueron abogados, 160 médicos y 60 ingenieros participaron en distintas peticiones de honor, muchas de ellas terminadas en cruces de armas”.
El primero conjunto de indicios proviene de los trabajos de Sandra Gayol, quien afirma que de “los más de 3000 casos datados de petición de satisfacción de honor existente, más de 1480 fueron abogados, 160 médicos y 60 ingenieros participaron en distintas peticiones de honor, muchas de ellas terminadas en cruces de armas”.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | demand for satisfaction [to restore honor] |
liz askew
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| 3 | (duelling) petition to settle a point of hono(u)r |
Adrian MM.
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demand for satisfaction [to restore honor]
Duel - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Duel
The duel was based on a code of honour. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by ...
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demand satisfaction for insults
The Cult of the Duel - Publishing Serviceshttps://pubs.lib.umn.edu › cey › article › downloadPDF
by S Hammond — dueling fraternities (Burschenschaften) in Germany and Austria passed the Waidhofen ... and obligation to demand satisfaction for insults in duels.
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(duelling) petition to settle a point of hono(u)r
'A petition upon duel(l)ing' historically would mean the opposite : a petition to ban duelling.
Harking back to my schooldays in the UK when boys had to ask the headmaster for permission to challenge another to a grudge boxing match in the gym umpired by the sports teacher, I suppose the idea of a request or petition is not so far-fetched, after all.
Harking back to my schooldays in the UK when boys had to ask the headmaster for permission to challenge another to a grudge boxing match in the gym umpired by the sports teacher, I suppose the idea of a request or petition is not so far-fetched, after all.
Example sentence:
A prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor. ... usually to settle a quarrel involving a point of honour.
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