Duelling
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The fighting of two persons one against the other, at an appointed time and place, upon a precedent quarrel. It differs from an affray in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden quarrel, while the former is always the result of design.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
crim. law, is the fighting of two persons one against the other, at an appointed time and piace, upon a precedent quarrel. It differs from an affray in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden quarrel, while the former is always the result of design. 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; Fb. 848; Com. Dig. Battel, B; 3 Inst. 157; 6 East, 464; Hawk. B. ‘l,c. 31, 8. 21; 3 East R. 581;:3 Bulst 171; 4 Bl. Com. 199. For cases of mutual combat upon a sudden quarrel, vide 1 Russ. on Cr. 495.