Title 11Criminal Offenses

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Chapter 12Dueling and Fighting

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-12-8

§ 11-12-8. Leaving state to fight by appointment.

Every person who shall, by previous appointment or engagement, leave this state and engage in a fight with another person outside the limits of this state shall be imprisoned not more than five (5) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), and may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced in any county in this state.

History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 11-12-8; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 4.