The Legalize Dueling Institute · Washington, D.C. · Est. 2026 Facility Standard LD-STD-1 (Rev. B) · Effective upon enactment · Compliance: mandatory
The Legalize Dueling Institute RIGOR · CONSENT · ATTRITION
Facility standard LD‑STD‑1 (Rev. B)

Municipal dueling grounds: siting & standards

The Framework calls for one municipal ground in every major American city — sited soberly, built plainly, and staffed by professionals whose chief qualification is the willingness to say “stop” at any moment and mean it. This page summarizes Phase I siting and the governing facility standard.

Phase I

Twelve pilot cities

Phase I sites were selected by a transparent formula weighting regional incivility, notarial capacity, and municipal site availability. The Institute emphasizes that a ground in your city is a service to your city, in roughly the way a lightning rod is a service to a roof.

SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES PHOENIX DENVER CHICAGO DALLAS HOUSTON ATLANTA MIAMI WASHINGTON, D.C. NEW YORK ALASKA & HAWAII: PHASE II (ANNEX F) PROPOSED MUNICIPAL GROUND (PHASE I)
FIG. 4.1 · Continental siting schematic · Site selection weighted by regional incivility1 · Source: Institute siting formula (Annex F) · Coastlines simplified for schematic clarity
Facility standard LD‑STD‑1

The standard floor plan

Every ground is built to one plan, because standardization removes discretion, and discretion is where error lives. A participant proceeds from the Consent Vestibule (where the Notary conducts the final interview) through the Reflection Antechamber (quiet, unhurried, continuously attended) to The Ground — twenty paces, regulation. The facility's defining architectural feature is the Single-Occupancy Exit.2

CONSENT VESTIBULE REFLECTION ANTECHAMBER PHYSICIAN'S BAY REGISTRAR OF OUTCOMES SINGLE- OCCUPANCY EXIT THE GROUND TWENTY (20) PACES, REGULATION (ANNEX C DEFINES THE PACE) EGRESS: ONE (1) LD-STD-1 (REV. B) · PLAN VIEW · NOT TO SCALE
FIG. 4.2 · Facility Standard LD‑STD‑1, plan view · Source: WP No. 9, The Single-Occupancy Exit: An Architecture of Certainty
Operating standards

Selected clauses

  1. §4.1Grounds shall be sited no fewer than five hundred (500) feet from any school, hospital, or public park, and shall present no exterior signage beyond the certification mark.
  2. §4.2Grounds shall operate at a net occupancy reduction of exactly one (1) per engagement. Deviation in either direction constitutes a critical incident and shall be reported to the Registrar and investigated.
  3. §4.3Spectation is prohibited. The Framework abstracts violence; it does not exhibit it.
  4. §4.4The Ground shall measure twenty (20) paces, regulation, as defined in Annex C. No provision of the engagement is negotiable after the Reflection Interval begins.
  5. §4.5All facility staff shall hold current certification in de-escalation and in the recognition of coerced or impaired consent.
  6. §4.6Upon regional exhaustion of demand, the ground shall revert to ordinary municipal use, with the Single-Occupancy Exit preserved in the record of the building.
Staffing

Required staffing

Table 4.1 · Required staffing, per ground
OfficeDutiesCertification
Notary of Consent Commissions consent in triplicate; interviews each party alone; empowered and required to halt proceedings at any indication of withdrawal, hesitation, coercion, or impairment. Commission LD‑N1; annual re-examination in coercion and impairment detection
Attending Physician Certifies fitness and the absence of impairment at intake; present for the duration of every engagement; renders aid. Board certification; state licensure
Registrar of Outcomes Maintains the permanent record of engagements, withdrawals, and outcomes; files with the state registry within twenty-four (24) hours. Commission LD‑R2
CONSENTING ADULTS ONLY · CERT. LD-18 18+

The Consent Protocol, in seven steps

  1. Written challenge, notarized.
  2. Written acceptance, notarized separately, in a different room, on a different day.
  3. The Reflection Interval: thirty (30) calendar days. Holidays extend it. No provision shortens it.
  4. Independent verification by the Notary of Consent; each party interviewed alone.
  5. Final affirmation at the threshold of the Consent Vestibule, on the morning of the engagement.
  6. Unilateral withdrawal available to either party at any moment up to the count of ten, without reason, penalty, or prejudice.
  7. The engagement proceeds. One (1) duelist exits. The Registrar records the outcome.

CONSENTING ADULTS ONLY

This facility operates at a net occupancy reduction of exactly one (1) per engagement.

Withdrawal is available to either party at any moment up to the count of ten, without penalty.
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Notes

  1. Regional incivility measured per WP No. 12, §2, Fig. 2.2, disaggregated to the metropolitan level. The Institute does not publish city-level rankings. ↩
  2. Legalize Dueling Inst., Working Paper No. 9: The Single-Occupancy Exit — An Architecture of Certainty (2026). ↩