Rhode Island § 11-12-3 § 11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-12-3 — § 11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.

Rhode Island § 11-12-3

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-12Dueling and Fighting

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-12-3 (2026).

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§ 11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.
Every person, being an inhabitant of or resident in this state, who shall fight a
            duel outside the jurisdiction of this state, by previous appointment or engagement
            made within this state, and in the duel shall inflict a mortal wound upon any person
            of which the person so injured shall afterwards die within this state, shall be deemed
            to be guilty of murder within this state and may be indicted or charged by information,
            tried, convicted and sentenced in the county in which the death shall happen.
         

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§ 11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.

Every person, being an inhabitant of or resident in this state, who shall fight a duel outside the jurisdiction of this state, by previous appointment or engagement made within this state, and in the duel shall inflict a mortal wound upon any person of which the person so injured shall afterwards die within this state, shall be deemed to be guilty of murder within this state and may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced in the county in which the death shall happen.