Massachusetts § 3 Duel; wound without and death within state; venue

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 3 — Duel; wound without and death within state; venue

Massachusetts § 3

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 265CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 3 (2026).

Text

Section 3. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who, by previous appointment or engagement made within the same, fights a duel outside its jurisdiction, and in so doing inflicts a mortal wound upon a person whereof he dies within the commonwealth shall be guilty of murder within this commonwealth, and may be indicted, tried and convicted in the county where the death occurs.

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