1 Albert G. Hodges, A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky 578-79 (1834)
Abstract
Prohibited dueling
Summary
Anyone who challenges another person to a duel with a deadly weapon (verbally or in writing) faces a $500 fine or 12 months in prison upon conviction.
Law Text
Tit. 64,§ 6: That if any person within this Commonwealth, shall challenge, by word or writing, the person of another to fight at sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon, such person, (a) so challenging, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, being thereof lawfully convicted, in any court of record within the Commonwealth, by the testimony of one or more witnesses, or by the confession of the party offending, the sum of five hundred dollars, or shall suffer twelve months' imprisonment, without bail or mainprize.
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