You and I have unfinished business!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

DES MOINES – A Kansas man has asked an Iowa court to grant his motion for trial by combat so he can meet his ex-wife and her attorney "on the field of battle where (he) will rend their souls from their corporal bodies."

David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, claims in court documents that his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, of Harlan, has "destroyed (him) legally."

He asked the Iowa District Court in Shelby County to give him 12 weeks "lead time" in order to source or forge katana and wakizashi swords, as first reported by the Carroll Times Herald. 

"To this day, trial by combat has never been explicitly banned or restricted as a right in these United States," Ostrom argues in court records, adding that it was used "as recently as 1818 in British Court."

https://apple.news/A1WQov-03TNWFdtl0RM-mkg

[Newest Reality]

1. Wow!

It is good to explore all your options.

So, trial by combat is still on the menu, huh? That sounds like a real money and time saver. Shades of Thunderdome!

Time to listen to some Dueling Banjos!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. He may want to reconsider!

[lapfog_1]

2. Paola... explains a lot

if you grew up near there you would understand. Sigh.

[sl8]

4. I wonder if he's willing to stand in a pit, with one arm tied?

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Also, from https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/trial-by-combat/
Trial by Combat, or Medieval Divorce Court

[rurallib]

5. Top that, Florida man!

[Orrex]

6. Corporal bodies?

Do they serve under Major Physique and General Fitness?

[Xolodno]

7. Battletech the game...Clans (kudos to those who get it)

"I demand a trial in the Circle of Equals!"