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Definition of Affrayer
1. n. One engaged in an affray.
Definition of Affrayer
1. Noun. One involved in an affray. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affrayer
1. one that affrays [n -S] - See also: affrays
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affrayer
Literary usage of Affrayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jamaica Magistrate's and Vestryman's Assistant by John [Lunan (1828)
"... by any private person present ; but a constable, who is bound to keep the
peace, may break open doors to suppress an affray, or apprehend the affrayer. ..."
2. A Selection of Cases on the Law of Torts by James Barr Ames, Jeremiah Smith (1893)
"1 A fortiori, a private person may arrest an affrayer, and deliver him to an
officer who was a witness of the breach of the peace. Price v. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1837)
"And De Grey CJ on the trial held the justification to be It is clear, therefore,
that any person present may arrest the affrayer at the moment of the affray ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"It is clear, therefore, that any person present may arrest the affrayer ät the
moment of the affray, and detain him till his passion has cooled and his ..."
5. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"3, c. 3, ib. construction of that statute, i. 40S. suppression of, by a private
person, iè. arresting affrayer, ii. giving ..."
6. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1902)
"Simpson (i) ; and the result is there stated by the Court as follows. "It is
clear, therefore, that any person present may arrest the affrayer at the moment ..."
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