1861 Terr. of Nev. Stat. 61
| dc.coverage.spatial | Nevada [Territory] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T03:20:44Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T14:57:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:02:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1861 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 28, §§ 35-36: Provided that the killing of another in a duel with a rifle, shotgun, pistol, Bowie knife, dirk, small-sword, back-sword, or other "dangerous weapon" in the killing of another in a duel is to be deemed murder. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 35. If any person shall, by previous appointment or agreement, fight a duel with a rifle, shot-gun, pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, small-sword, back-sword, or other dangerous weapon, and in so doing shall kill his antagonist, or any person or persons, or shall inflict such wound as that the party or parties injured shall (lie thereof within one year thereafter, every such offender shall be deemed guilty of murder in the first degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly. SEC. 36. Any person who shall engage in a duel with any deadly weapon, although no homicide ensue, or shall challenge another to fight such duel, or shall send or deliver any verbal or written message, purporting or intending to be such challenge, although no duel ensue, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial Prison, not less than two, nor more than ten years, and shall be incapable of voting or holding any office of trust or profit, under the laws of this Territory. | |
| dc.description.summary | Provided that the killing of another in a duel with a rifle, shotgun, pistol, Bowie knife, dirk, small-sword, back-sword, or other "dangerous weapon" in the killing of another in a duel is to be deemed murder. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4525 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4375113&seq=87 | |
| dc.subject | DUELING | |
| dc.title | 1861 Terr. of Nev. Stat. 61 |