15th.—It is against the rules of this combat to strike your opponent when he is disarmed or when he is on the ground, to take hold of his arms or his body or to take hold of his weapon.
16th.—Disarmed means when the sabre has fallen out of the hand, or when dropping the point has touched the ground.
17th.—When one of the combatants is wounded his seconds must stop the combat until they think it proper that it should begin again.
18th.—If before there is any wound one of the seconds wishes to stop the duel, he asks if he can do so to the opposing seconds by lifting up his stick or sabre, and if an affirmative answer is given by the same movement he suspends the duel.
19th.—The seconds can agree beforehand to stop the duel at the first blood shed—humanity and the gravity of the case must guide them.
20th.—If one of the two combatants is killed or wounded against the rules of the duel, the seconds must refer to the 20th and 21st art. of the 4th chap.
Duel with Sabres without Thrusts.
1st.—If possible sabres with blunt points must be used for this duel.
2nd.—Each combatant must have two seconds.
3rd.—The seconds, after having agreed upon the choice of the ground best fitted for the combat—level and equal for the two opponents—must mark the two places at the distance calculated as if the opponents were both on the longe and the points joining together.