Duels, oaths, spitting, theater doors and bridge-jumping stunts.
Our overview
Dueling is a theme here. Kentucky's constitution includes an anti-dueling declaration in its oath for officers and attorneys, expressly qualified by the constitution's adoption date and the words 'being a citizen of this State,' and its statutes punish issuing or accepting a challenge. Nevada makes it a crime to taunt someone for refusing a duel.
Other rules are about crowds and public spaces. Florida requires theater and entertainment buildings to have entrance doors that open outward, Massachusetts lists the places where spitting is banned, from sidewalks to steamboats, and Louisiana bans jumping off a public bridge to get publicity.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted laws below. Not legal advice.
Florida · Fla. Stat. § 823.06
“All buildings erected in this state for theatrical, operatic, or other public entertainments of whatsoever kind shall be so constructed that the shutters to all entrances to said building shall open outwardly”
Kentucky · KRS 437.030
“Any person who, in this state, challenges another to fight with any deadly weapon, in or out of this state, and any person who accepts the challenge, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and imprisoned for not less than six …”
Kentucky · Ky. Const. § 228
“I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted …”
Louisiana · La. R.S. 14:312
“No person shall dive or jump off of any public bridge, constructed or owned by the state or any of its political subdivisions, where the object and purpose of the act is to gain publicity.”
Massachusetts · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 14
“Whoever expectorates or spits upon any public sidewalk, or upon any place used exclusively or principally by pedestrians, or, except in receptacles provided for the purpose, in or upon any part of any city or town hall, any court …”
Nevada · NRS 200.440
“If any person posts another, or in writing, print or orally uses any reproachable or contemptuous language to or concerning another, for not fighting a duel, or for not sending or accepting a challenge, the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.”
Every quote on this site was matched against its official page on October 14, 2026. Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.