n. a written request for a judgment in the moving party's favor before a lawsuit goes to trial and based on recorded (testimony outside court) affidavits (or declarations under penalty of perjury), depositions, admissions of fact, answers to written interrogatories (written questions), claiming that all factual and legal issues can be decided in the ...
By the 19th century, swords were reduced to the status of either ceremonial weapon or sport equipment in modern fencing. Non-European weapons called sword include single-edged weapons such as the Middle Eastern saif, the Chinese dao and the related Japanese katana.ommon accessories to the sword include the scabbard, as well as the sword belt. 1  Scabbard: The scabbard, also known as the sheath, is a protective cover often provided for the sword blade. 2  Over the millennia, scabbards have been made of many materials, including leather, wood, and metals such as brass or steel.
In a joust, the lances were of solid oak and a significant strike was needed to shatter them. However, the (blunt) lances would not usually penetrate the steel. The harnesses worn by the knights were lined on the inside with plenty of cloth to soften the blow from the lance. Lances used for demostration purposes today are made out of light woods like pine, so they can shatter easily. In the Middle Ages, Knights would not want their lances to shatter, (remember, the point of a joust was to knock the opponent off the horse), so lances were made out of strong hard woods like Oak and Ash.