Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina 16 (1838)
| dc.coverage.spatial | North Carolina - University of North Carolina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:37:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:34:49Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:42:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1838 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 5, §§ 20-24: Every Student who shall send to any person a challenge or message, either in writing or otherwise, purporting to be a challenge to fight a duel, shall be expelled. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 20. Every Student who shall send to any person a challenge or message, either in writing or otherwise, purporting to be a challenge to fight a duel, shall be expelled. 21. Every Student who shall be the bearer of any challenge or message, in writing or otherwise, purporting to be a challenge, or in any wise relating thereto; or who shall, either directly or indirectly, have any agency therein, or in the duel that may be the consequence thereof, shall be expelled. 22. Any Student who shall accept a challenge to fight a duel, shall be expelled. 23. When a Student shall be expelled in consequence of the provisions of these Ordinances, he shall be delivered over to the civil authority, to be prosecuted as the law directs. 24. The Faculty of the University shall have full cognizance and jurisdiction of all offences under these laws against the atrocious act of duelling, and are hereby authorised and required to carry the same into full effect. | |
| dc.description.summary | This regulation mandates immediate expulsion for any university student who sends, carries, or accepts a challenge to fight a duel, or who serves as an intermediary in a dueling matter. Following expulsion, the university faculty—who hold full authority to enforce these rules—are required to hand the student over to civil law enforcement for criminal prosecution. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4826 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t22c0700n&seq=20&q1=duel | |
| dc.subject | DUELING | |
| dc.title | Acts of the General Assembly and Ordinances of the Trustees for the Organization and Government of the University of North Carolina 16 (1838) |