But as the prevailing spirit in Beaumanoir's time was to restrain the usage of judicial combats, and as this liberty which had been granted to the peer challenged of defending the judgment by combat or not is equally contrary to the ideas of honor established in those days, and to the obligation the vassal lay under of defending his lord's jurisdiction, I am apt to think, that this distinction of Beaumanoir's was a novelty in French jurisprudence.
Alabaina, Beaumanoirren garaian pentsabide nagusia lehia judizialaren usadioari mugak jartzea zen, eta apelazioa jasotako pareari emandako askatasun hori ere-alegia, bere epaia borroka bidez edo bestela defendatzekoa-garai hartan nagusi ziren ohoreari buruzko ideien eta jaunari epaitegia defendatzeko zor zitzaion betebeharraren kontra zihoan; beraz, uste dut Beaumanoirren bereizketa hori jurisprudentzia berria zela frantsesen artean.