Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Kentucky Has Some Strange Laws – Dueling


Kentucky Has Some Strange Laws – Dueling

      The Kentucky Constitution is rather (in)famous for its constitutional provision requiring that all public officers (including attorneys) swear that they have not participated, directly or as a second, in a duel.  Ky. Const. § 239.  Many are unaware, however, that there is as well a statutory limitation on dueling applicable to everyone in the Commonwealth:
Any person who, in this state, challenges another to fight with any deadly weapon, in or out of this state, and any person who accepts the challenge, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and imprisoned for not less than six (6) and no more than twelve (12) months.  KRS § 437.030.
      In addition, there is as well liability for anyone who carries or delivers the challenge to a duel.

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