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1890 — Wyoming — Dueling

Josiah A. Van Orsdel & Feinmore Chatterton, Revised Statutes of Wyoming, in Force December 1, 1899 1252 (1899)

Prohibited dueling even if death does not result.

WY
1890

1887 — Montana — Dueling

1887 Mont. L. chap. 4, p. 505

Duelists who killed using a rifle, shotgun, pistol, bowie knife, dirk, smallsword, backsword, or other dangerous weapon were guilty of...

MT
1887

1881 — Texas — Dueling

George Clark, The Criminal Laws of Texas. Comprising the Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, as Published by Authority, with Annotations of All Decisions in Criminal Cases from Dallam to Eighth Court of Appeals Reports Inclusive 205-08 (1881)

Prohibited fighting duels with weapons, making it a felony and punishable by imprisonment for 2-5 years.

TX
1881

1879 — Montana — Dueling

1879 Mont. L. chap. 4, p. 359

Duelists who killed using a rifle, shotgun, pistol, Bowie knife, dirk, smallsword, backsword, or other dangerous weapon were deemed guilty...

MT
1879

1877 — South Dakota — Dueling

George H. Hand, The Revised Codes of the Territory of Dakota. A.D. 1877 732-33 (1880)

Prohibited dueling, punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years and the inability to hold public office.

SD
1877

1877 — North Dakota — Dueling

George H. Hand, The Revised Codes of the Territory of Dakota. A.D. 1877: Comprising the Codes and General Statutes Passed at the Twelfth Session of the Legislative Assembly, and All Other General Laws Remaining in Force 771-2 (1880)

Prohibited fighting duels even when no death ensues. Challenging others, accepting challenges, and any other behavior related to dueling was...

ND
1877

1877 — Alabama — Weapon Discharge

Wade Keyes, The Code of Alabama, 1876: with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State upon the Construction of the Statutes; and in Which the General and Permenent Acts of the Session of 1876-7 have been Incorporated 901 (1877)

Penalized using a firearm in a fight, prohibited discharging a firearm over a public road, and prohibited giving or selling...

AL
1877

1877 — New Jersey — Dueling

Mercer Beasley, David A. Depue & Cortlandt Parker, Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey: Published under the Authority of the Legislature; by Virtue of an Act Approved April 4, 1871 232-33 (1877)

Prohibited dueling in New Jersey with dangerous weapons. Challenging another to a duel was a misdemeanor and included up to...

NJ
1877

1870 — South Carolina — Dueling

The Revised Statutes of the State of South Carolina 710 (1873)

Prohibited challenging another, and accepting a challenge, to a duel with deadly weapons.

SC
1873

1873 — Nevada — Dueling

1 M. S. Bonnifield & T. W. Healy, The Compiled Laws of the State of Nevada. Embracing Statutes of 1861 to 1873, Inclusive 563 (1873)

Prohibited dueling with pistols, long guns, and knives. If a death ensued in a duel, the survivor was to be...

NV
1873