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Definition of Disorderly conduct
1. Noun. Any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled.
Generic synonyms: Infraction, Infringement, Misdemeanor, Misdemeanour, Violation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disorderly Conduct
Literary usage of Disorderly conduct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
""disorderly conduct" generally means gome act which tends to a breach of the peace,
... Dude Sheppard was convicted of disorderly conduct in violation of an ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"disorderly conduct "disorderly conduct" generally means some act which tends to a
... To constitute the offense of "disorderly conduct," under an ordinance ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"disorderly conduct. (a) In General.—Conduct of an individual may amount to a
public nuisance if it is of such a disorderly character, and in such a place, ..."
4. Palmer's Index to the Times NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1900)
"... and another, for disorderly conduct, 17 ч 11 . ... \Vu3., for Disorderly
Conduct, 22m 16 e Cuthbert, Jos., and another, for Assault, 3 »I lo U —— Dargan ..."
5. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings ; punish members for
disorderly conduct ; and with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, ..."
6. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"disorderly conduct of the Nizam's Sons.— Put under Restraint,—.Disturbances in
the City.—Critical Position.— The Princes sent to Golconda. ..."
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