CHAP. XXX.: Observations on Appeals.

I apprehend that appeals, which were challenges to a combat, must have been made immediately on the spot. “If the party leaves the court without appealing,” says Beaumanoir Chap. 33. page 627. Ibid. chap. 63. page 312. ^†761, “he loses his appeal, and the judgment stands good.” This continued still in force, even after all the restrictions of See the Institutions of St. Lewis, book ii. chap. 15. the ordinance of Charles VII. in the year 1453. ^†762judicial combat.