Summary
Prohibited the practice of dueling.
Statutory Text
Sec. 113. Be it further enacted, That duelling shall be deemed to be premeditated fighting or combatting at sword, pistol, or other deady weapon. If a person shall fight a duel or shall utter, write, send or deliver a challenge, or if a person shall accept a challenge or otherwise consent to fight a duel, or to utter, write, send or deliver a challenge, or to accept a challenge, or otherwise consent to fight a duel, or if a person shall be the bearer of a challenge, whether verbal or written, or if a person shall be a second at a duel, any person found guilty of either of the said offences shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months at the discretion of the court.
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