Duelling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dueling \Du"el*ing\, n.
     The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
     [Written also {duelling}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  duel
       n 1: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people
            (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel
            over a point of honor [syn: {affaire d'honneur}]
       2: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or
          groups)
       v : fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th
           century, men often dueled over small matters"
       [also: {duelling}, {duelled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  duelling
       See {duel}

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DUELLING, crim. law. The fighting of two persons, one against the other, at 
  an appointed time and place, upon a precedent quarrel. It differs from an 
  array in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden quarrel, while the former 
  is always the result of design. 
       2. 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; Id. 848; Com. Dig. Battel, B; 3 
  Inst. 157; 6 East, 464 Hawk. B. 1, c. 31, s. 21; 3 East, R. 581 3 Bulst. 171 
  4 Bl. Com. 199 Prin. Pen. Law, c. 19, p 245; Const. R. 107; 1 Stew. R. 506; 
  20 John. 457; 3 Cowen, 686. For cases of mutual combat, upon a sudden 
  quarrel, Vide 1 Russ. on Cr. 495.