RENCOUNTER, in single combats, is used by way of contradistinction
(A) This was the case at a very remote period; but it is otherwise at present, owing to the PRECESSION of the Equinoxes. See that article.
Reindevous contradistinction to DUEL.—When two persons fall out and fight on the spot without having premeditated the combat, it is called a reindevous.