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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