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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-23: Homicide; death following duels fought out of state.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 3. Crimes Against the Person
Every person who shall, by previous appointment, agreement, or understanding made in this state, fight a duel without the jurisdiction of this state, and, in so doing, shall inflict a wound upon his antagonist or any other person, whereof the person thus injured die within this state, and every second engaged in such duel, shall be guilty of murder in this state, and may be indicted, tried, and convicted in the county where such death shall happen.
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