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Definition of Sparring match
1. Noun. A practice or exhibition boxing match.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparring Match
Literary usage of Sparring match
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1868)
"The spectators of a sparring match are not participes criminis so that their
evidence, touching what occurred at the match, requires corroboration. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"Therefore, except in the latter case, death caused by an injury received during
a sparring match, does not amount to manslaughter. Reg. v. ..."
3. Session Laws of the State of Washington by Washington (State) (1890)
"... with or without weapons, between two or more persons, or a fight commonly
called a sparring match, in which the combatants are provided with , gloves, ..."
4. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1880)
"The learned counsel for the defence contended that this was a sparring match
fought in gloves, according to well-known rules, and, on the authority of the ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1881)
"The learned counsel for the defence contended that this was a sparring match
fought in gloves, according to well- known rules, and, on the authority of the ..."
6. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1912)
"Any club giving any sham sparring match shall have its license cancelled and
shall not be entitled tu receive another. Every club shall pay to the State ..."
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