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Meanings of disturbance of the peace in English

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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.

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        Usage of disturbance of the peace in English
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        Police say they'll only intervene if there's a disturbance of the peace.
        Radio NZ
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        His arrival in any community was the signal for an immediate disturbance of the peace.
        The Beginnings of New England / Or the Puritan Theocracy in its ...
        3
        If there was a disturbance of the peace, he settled the matter by military means.
        A History of China
        4
        Living together with them is possible, and no disturbance of the peace starts with them.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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        We deplored what had just happened as a disturbance of the peace and quiet we so much appreciated.
        The forgotten soldier
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        He said: "Damned disturbance of the peace".
        The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein
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        What I refer to is the statement that we had provoked a disturbance of the peace; a more hypocritical pretence than which was never advanced.
        Prisoner for Blasphemy
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        Disturbance of the peace.
        Melnitz
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        "We've had a call about a disturbance of the peace," the black one said.
        Mine
        10
        Ye forget the elevated sintiments of life, such as patriotism, revenge, disturbances of the peace and the dacint love of a clane shirt.
        Cabbages and Kings
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        "The disturbance of the peace comes from this abode of beasts," declared Mr. Davis, halting and thrusting his head into the tent.
        Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
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        "You haven't told me this exciting piece of news, though-thewonderful information that was the cause of this disturbance of the peace."
        Hunter's Marjory / A Story for Girls
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        159) adopts the English definition of affray, with the substitution of ''actual disturbance of the peace'' for ''causing terror to the lieges.''
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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