Unlawful assembly

A disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons who meet together with an intent mutually to assist each other in the execution of some unlawful enterprise of a private nature, with force and violence; if they move forward towards its execution, it is then a rout and if they actually execute their design, it amounts to a riot.

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

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Three or more persons together holding the intent to commit a crime or to otherwise disturb the peace. - (read more on Unlawful Assembly)

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A misdemeanor in common law consisting of a meeting ofseveral persons with a common plan that, if carried out would result in a riot;a meeting of persons who intend to commit a crime by open force; a meeting toexecute a common design, lawful or unlawful, in an unauthorized manner that islikely to cause a breach of the peace.

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