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Breach of the peace   /britʃ əv ðə pis/   Listen
noun
Peace  n.  A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically:
(a)
Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
(b)
Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
(c)
Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
(d)
Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. "The eternal love and pees." Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. "Peace! foolish woman."
At peace, in a state of peace.
Breach of the peace. See under Breach.
Justice of the peace. See under Justice.
Peace of God. (Law)
(a)
A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct.
(b)
(Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God.
Peace offering.
(a)
(Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him.
(b)
A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person.
Peace officer, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a polliceman, sheriff or constable.
To hold one's peace, to be silent; to refrain from speaking.
To make one's peace with, to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. "I will make your peace with him."






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"Breach of the peace" Quotes from Famous Books



... disinherited was to raise an army and prosecute their Scottish claims by force. Edward III. gave them no open countenance, and took up an ostentatiously correct attitude. He solemnly forbade all breach of the peace, and prevented the adventurers from adopting the easy course of marching from England to an open attack on Scotland. No obstacles, however, were imposed to hinder their raising a small but efficient army ...
— The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout

... chiefly committed to serve his relatives, Caesar and Scipio; while Agesilaus saved Sphodrias from the death which he deserved for his outrage upon the Athenians merely to please his son, and vigorously supported Phoebidas when he committed a similar breach of the peace against the Thebans. And generally, we may say that while Pompeius only injured the Romans through inability to refuse the demands of friends, or through ignorance, Agesilaus ruined the Lacedaemonians by plunging them into war with Thebes, ...
— Plutarch's Lives Volume III. • Plutarch

... and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be ...
— A Short History of the United States • Edward Channing

... on their authority; for if there must be three men to make a riot, the rioters being tailors, there must be nine times three present, and unless the prosecutor make out that there were twenty-seven joining in this breach of the peace, my clients are entitled to an acquittal." On Lord Eldon enquiring whether he relied on common-law or statute-law, the counsel for the defence answered firmly, "My lord, I rely on a well-known maxim, as old as Magna Charta, Nine Tailors make a ...
— A Book About Lawyers • John Cordy Jeaffreson

... impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace. ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 4) of Volume 1: George Washington • James D. Richardson


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