In terms of the development of the common law legal system, which of the following is true?
A) Trial by ordeal involved armed combat between the litigants or their champions.
B) Traveling courts, established by weak kings, provided a relatively unattractive method of resolving disputes.
C) Historically, local lords, barons, or sheriffs held court as part of their feudal responsibility.
D) Trial by battle involved some psychological test.
E) The courts of the nobles grew in power, eventually evolving into the modern courts of today.

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Historically, local lords, barons, or sheriffs held court as part of their feudal responsibility. The common law legal system developed from these local courts, which eventually evolved into the modern courts of today. Choices A, B, D, and E are not accurate descriptions of the development of the common law system.

In Terms of the Development of the Common Law Legal