try titles

Definitions

1. To battle.
   dated
2. To litigate a claim to property (most often real estate) or a public office.

Examples

“Gen. Greene, having received all the reinforcements he expected, instantly prepared to try⟳ titles for victory, with his lordship, at the point⟳ of a bayonet.”

“If it could have⟳ been made to appear⟳ that his only motive was to save⟳ the Democratic party from the Hollis and Stevens radicalism, he might have⟳ been persuaded to try⟳ titles with these gentlemen.”

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