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Combat

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

A combat in which both parties enter willingly is " mutual." A person who enters into a combat armed with a concealed deadly weapon may use it to protect his life, if his adversary, who struck the first blow, resorts to such a weapon; and he will not be guilty of assault with intent to murder unless he intended from the first to use the weapon if necessary to overcome his antagonist.^

See Fight.