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Johnny1A.2 · 02-08-2018, 07:52 PM

Rule by duel: A hereditary aristocracy, but with a twist: any commoner can challenge any noble at any time to a formal duel, to the death, and if the challenger wins he wins the title and estate and other entail of the defeated noble. Or the noble can yield without a fight, simply handing over the estate.

But it has to be a formal, public duel, with formal rules and specified weapons, or other equivalent challenge, just killing a noble is prosecuted as murder and the heir inherits as usual.

Probably unstable, but definitely would be interesting while it lasted...

02-08-2018, 07:52 PM	#96
Johnny1A.2 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems Rule by duel: A hereditary aristocracy, but with a twist: any commoner can challenge any noble at any time to a formal duel, to the death, and if the challenger wins he wins the title and estate and other entail of the defeated noble. Or the noble can yield without a fight, simply handing over the estate. But it has to be a formal, public duel, with formal rules and specified weapons, or other equivalent challenge, just killing a noble is prosecuted as murder and the heir inherits as usual. Probably unstable, but definitely would be interesting while it lasted... __________________ HMS Overflow-For conversations off topic here.