 | Noah Webster - 1844 - 1142 lapas
...doubt. fright ; to terrify nT-FJLXY', ) ». [Fr. efrayrr.] \. In lax, the fightAF-FRiY'MENT, j ing of two or more persons, in a public place to the terror of others. Ul/KlutoM. 2. A petty right ; tumult ; disturbance. AF-FK JjKJHT1, (af.frlte1) r. (. To bin a ship... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1883 - 770 lapas
...Creamer l». The Siafr, at the present term. — t)8 Ala. 580;.atite, p. 2. An affray is the fighting if two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of the people.— 4- Blaekst. Com. 145 ; Clark's Manual, Jj 1467 ; 2 Bish. Cr. Law, § 1 ; 1 Jb. § 535.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - 1857 - 590 lapas
...second indictment was found. " An affray (say the Court in the State v. Allen, 4 Hawks Rep. 356) is the fighting of two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of the citizens. The very definition, therefore, includes an assault and battery, and if it were proved... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1857 - 1310 lapas
...(Spenser ;) to be put in doubt AFFRAY', In. [Fr. c/rayer.] 1. In law, the fighting AF-FRJiY'MENT, ) of two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of othcra. Bltckstoru. — 2. In popular l^Rgiutfe, a petty fight — SYN. Quarrel ; brawl ; scuffle ;... | |
 | 1871 - 630 lapas
...the quarrel, as the cause of alarm, is of a public nature. Hence it has been defined by Blackstone, " The fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of others." " The Provost of Edinburgh, his son, and several citizens of distinction were killed in the /ray."... | |
 | English language - 1872 - 426 lapas
...affranchir, to make free.] To make free ; to enfranchise. Affray, (af-fru') n. [F. effrager, to frighten, ] The fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of others ; — a tumultuous assault or quarrel. Affreight, (af-frut') vt [F. affreter, to hire.] To hire, as a ship,... | |
 | 1872 - 406 lapas
...affranckir, to make free.] To make free ; to enfranchise. Affray, (af-fra') n. [Y. effrager, to frighten.] The fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of others ; — a tumultuous assault or quarrel. Afireight, (af-fraf) vt [F. qffWter, to hire.] To hire, as a ship, for... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876 - 658 lapas
...money, or threatening violence, &c., 144 4. destroying locks, flood-gates, &c., 144 5. affrays, or the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of others, , 145 6. riots, routs and unlawful assemblies, Ле last of which is where three or more assemble to... | |
 | John Morris (author of The new nation.) - 1880 - 428 lapas
...127 Afr, assailing, attacking. Mandingo A. Affara, to break. English Affray, a tumult or disturbance, the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of others. Anglo-Saxon Afaeran, to frighten, to make afraid, to astonish, English Effray, to frighten. [to terrify.... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1882 - 724 lapas
...Sffnser. 2. A public flxht ; a noisy quarrel : a brawl ; a tumult; disturbance; specifically, in law, the fighting of two or more persons In a public place...the terror of others. [A fighting in private is not in a legal sense an affray.]— SYN. Quarrel, brawl, scuffle, encounter, fight, contest, feud, tumult,... | |
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affray" is denned to be "the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of the people. 
