A Treatise of Contestation fit for these sad & troublesome times by J. Hall Bishop of Norwich.

Mr. Mason has ordered me blooding, to which I have submitted, after long contestation.

After a long contestation, he yielded to the arguments of the Dutch ambassador.Thurloe, iv.

In one of them nearly a third part of the territory of the State of Maine is in contestation.

Every man who is read in Church history, knows that belief was drawn up after a long contestation with Arius, concerning the divinity of our blessed Saviour, and his being one substance with the Father; and that thus compiled, it was sent abroad among the Christian Churches, as a kind of test, which whosoever took was looked upon as an orthodox believer.

On the 25th of April Marie de Medicis became the mother of a third son, upon whom, after some contestation between his illustrious parents, was bestowed the title of Duc d'Anjou.

Quelque temps après que cette volonté royale eût été portée, deux officiers qui avaient eu quelques contestations ensemble demandèrent au roi l'autorisation de vider leur querelle l'épée à la main.

CONTESTATION, f., démêlé; dispute.

DÉBAT, m., différend, contestation.

DIFFÉREND, m., débat, contestation.

Ah! l'odieuse contestation! HORTENSE.