Harris Kern wrote:
> Can anyone point to a reference on dueling from a statute point of view.
 
Bouvier's /Law Dictionary/ (1856) says this:

    *DUELLING*, crim. law. The fighting of two persons, one against the
    other, at an appointed time and place, upon a precedent quarrel. It
    differs from an array in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden
    quarrel, while the former is always the result of design.

    2. When one of the parties is killed, the survivor is guilty of
    murder. 1 Russ. on Cr. 443; 1 Yerger's R. 228. Fighting a duel, even
    where there is no fatal result, is, of itself, a misdemeanor. Vide 2
    Com. Dig. 252; Roscoe's Cr. Ev. 610; 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 728; Id. 848;
    Com. Dig. Battel, B; 3 Inst. 157; 6 East, 464 Hawk. B. 1, c. 31, s.
    21; 3 East, R. 581 3 Bulst. 171 4 Bl. Com. 199 Prin. Pen. Law, c.
    19, p 245; Const. R. 107; 1 Stew. R. 506; 20 John. 457; 3 Cowen,
    686. For cases of mutual combat, upon a sudden quarrel, Vide 1 Russ.
    on Cr. 495.

Bouvier is on line at: http://www.constitution.org/bouv/bouvier.htm.

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