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Definition of Prizefights
1. prizefight [n] - See also: prizefight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prizefights
Literary usage of Prizefights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penal Code of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, John H. McKune (1872)
"Every person willfully present as a present at v ' J x prizefights, spectator at
any fight or contention mentioned in the preceding section, is guilty of a ..."
2. The Penal Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"... at prizefights, spectator at any fight or contention mentioned in the preceding
section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. NOTE.— Stats. 1851, p. ..."
3. California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of by William Mark McKinney (1921)
"prizefights. — The provisions of the Penal Code, as amended in 1915, prohibit
pugilistic contests, prizefights, etc., with or without gloves, for any price, ..."
4. The Codes and Statutes of the State of California by California, Theodore Henry Hittell (1876)
"Persons present at prizefights. SEC. 413. Every person willfully present as a
spectator at any ... Leaving the state to engage in prizefights. SEC. 414. ..."
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