As the other users wrote above, this type of combat has not been used for centuries. Back in the Middle Ages killing people was not regarded the same way it is today. Don't forget that people used to burn ''witches'', decapitate their kings and queens, etc. Human rights did not exist so much back then, at least not for everybody. I think trial-by-combat was just an easy solution for the judge when there were no witnesses for the crime. The two parties would then fight and whoever survived would win the battle - and the trial. The loser would die, so even if he'd like to complain, it would be imppossible for him to do so. This type of trial would also discourage many people from going to court in the first place, so I guess that was also less trouble for the judges back then. Probably most people who ended up in such battles, did so to uphold their family honour and clear their reputation. It is not that they didn't value their lives, they just valued more their pride. So, there you have it! Medieval sense of justice!

Transitive verbs are action verbs that require an object to receive that action. For example: She baked a cake. (She=subject, baked= transitive verb, a cake=object) I ride the bicycle. (I=subject, rode=transitive verb, the bicycle=object) You can easily find the object of the sentence, by asking ''what'' (or in some cases ''whom''). In this case: What did she bake? A cake = Object What do I ride? The bicycle = Object Intransitive verbs, unilike transitive, don't require an object. For example: The girl cried. (The girl= subject, cried=intransitive verb) The train stopped. (The train= subject, stopped= intransitive verb) You can see that there is no object following these verbs. Hope that helps!

I think ''window shop decorator'' is fine. I have also come across ''window decorator''. Other ideas: display decorator, display designer

I know very few Spanish, but I hope this helps you. I would like to inform you that I will arrive a little late for work, that is why I would like to request a permit for tomorrow until noon. Someone very close to my family died, that is why I would like to take a leave from work tomorrow until noon.

I think the meaning of this sentence is: In the UK, the population growth will most likely remain flat. That means that probably, the UK population will neither rise nor decrease. So, to answer your question, I think that ''set'' in this context expresses the likelihood, the probability of the population remaining stable.

Most of the times, there is hardly any difference between ''may'' and ''might'', so either one you choose is fine. In other words, both of your examples are ok to use. However, sometimes there is a distinction between ''may have'' and ''might have''. I think this article is very enlightening on this matter. Check it out if you'd like: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/may-or-might I hope that helped!