2025-03-141850S. Garfielde (Editor), Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850–51–52–53, 643–44 (1853), ch. 125,div. 4, §§ 40–41https://dspace.d106.bravog.com/handle/123456789/244--Prohibited dueling. Should the opponent be killed, violators and their seconds shall be punished in state prison for a term not less than one year but no more than five years.enDUELINGS. Garfielde (Editor), Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850–51–52–53, 643–44 (1853), ch. 125,div. 4, §§ 40–41Book chapter