Editing Bat'leth (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
In the United Kingdom, it is legal to possess a bat'leth on private property; however, they may be seized if they are considered to be "potential evidence of a criminal lifestyle."<ref name=Lanc /> They are classed as weapons, which makes it illegal to carry one in a public place.<ref name=live />    In 2009, a man from [[Billingham]], County Durham, was arrested for possession of what the court documents later described as a "multi-bladed sword" in a public street. His defense called the item a "Star Trek bat’leth sword" although it was not an official replica, and the judge said, "I've never seen anything like it in my life before."<ref name=live /> The accused pleaded guilty at [[Teesside Crown Court]],<ref name=live>{{cite web|last=Lightfoot |first=Garth |url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2009/10/08/billingham-man-found-with-star-trek-klingon-sword-84229-24877898/ |title=Billingham man found with Star Trek Klingon sword |publisher=Gazette Live |date=2009-10-08 |access-date=2012-05-07}}</ref> and he was later sentenced to thirteen weeks in prison. The court ordered that the bat'leth was to be forfeited and destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web
| url     = http://ts23.gazettelive.co.uk/local-news/knifeman-jailed.html
| title   = Knifeman jailed
| work    = Evening Gazette
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721000741/http://ts23.gazettelive.co.uk/local-news/knifeman-jailed.html
| archive-date=July 21, 2011| access-date =30 May 2013}}</ref> A custom-made bat'leth was seized in 2009 in [[Accrington]], Lancashire.<ref name=Lanc>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/4521499.Klingon_sword_seized_in_Accrington_police_raids/ |title=Klingon sword seized in Accrington police raids |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |publisher=This Is Lancashire |date=2009-07-30 |access-date=2012-05-02}}</ref>