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Webster 1913 Edition
Challenge
Chal′lenge
,Noun.
[OE.
chalenge
claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge
, chalonge
, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia
false accusation, chicanery. See Calumny
.] 1.
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.
A
challenge
to controversy. Goldsmith.
2.
The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.
3.
A claim or demand.
[Obs.]
There must be no
challenge
of superiority. Collier.
4.
(Hunting)
The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
5.
(Law)
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.
Blackstone
6.
An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
[U. S.]
Challenge to the array
(Law)
, an exception to the whole panel.
– Challenge to the favor
, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it.
– Challenge to the polls
, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned.
– Peremptory challenge
, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause.
– Principal challenge
, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true.
Chal′lenge
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Challenged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Challenging
.] [OE. , and cf.
chalengen
to accuse, claim, OF. chalengier
, chalongier
, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar
to attack with false accusations. See Challenge
, Noun.
Calumniate
.] 1.
To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
I
challenge
any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. Locke.
2.
To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.
By this I
challenge
him to single fight. Shakespeare
3.
To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge
better terms. Addison.
4.
To censure; to blame.
[Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and
challenged
them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them. Holland.
5.
(Mil.)
To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines);
as, the sentinel
challenged
us, with “Who comes there?”6.
To take exception to; question;
as, to
. challenge
the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation7.
(Law)
To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
8.
To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.
[U. S.]
To challenge to the
array, favor, polls
See under
Challenge
, Noun.
Chal′lenge
,Verb.
I.
To assert a right; to claim a place.
Where nature doth with merit
challenge
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Challenge
CHALLENGE
,Noun.
1.
A calling upon one to fight in single combat; an invitation or summons, verbal or written, to decide a controversy by a duel. Hence the letter containing the summons is also called a challenge.2.
A claim or demand made of a right or supposed right.There must be no challenge of superiority.
3.
Among hunters, the opening and crying of hounds at the first finding the scent of their game.4.
In law, an exception to jurors; the claim of a party that certain jurors shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause; that is, a calling them off. The right of challenge is given both in civil and criminal trials, for certain causes which are supposed to disqualify a juror to be an impartial judge. The right of challenge extends either to the whole panel or array, or only to particular jurors, called a challenge to the polls. A principal challenge is that which the law allows without cause assigned. A challenge to the favor, is when the party alleges a special cause. In criminal cases, a prisoner may challenge twenty jurors, without assigning a cause. This is called a peremptory challenge.CHALLENGE
, VT1.
To call, invite or summon to answer for an offense by single combat, or duel.2.
To call to a contest; to invite to a trial; as, I challenge a man to prove what he asserts, implying defiance.3.
To accuse; to call to answer.4.
To claim as due; to demand as a right; as, the Supreme Being challenges our reverence and homage.5.
In law, to call off a juror, or jurors; or to demand that jurors shall not sit in trial upon a cause. [See the noun.]6.
To call to the performance of conditions.Definition 2024
challengé
challengé
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French
Verb
challengé m (feminine singular challengée, masculine plural challengés, feminine plural challengées)
- past participle of challenger