Meanings of dread arbitrament in English

Their right, like that of their white fellow-citizens, dates back to the dread arbitrament of battle.

The controversy between King and Commons had reached the point where it could only be decided by the dread arbitrament of battle.

To-day, because an International Tribunal exists, the Venezuelan imbroglio is referred to it, which else might have gone on to the dread arbitrament of arms.