 | William Blackstone - Law - 1916 - 1376 pages
...other place, are penal here. h 1 Hawk. PC 134. « Ibid. 137. c Ibid. 136. • Ibid. 138. 2 An affray is the fighting of two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of the citizens. State v. Perry, 50 NC 9, 69 Am. Dee. 768; Childs v. State, 15 Ark. 204; Supreme Council... | |
 | William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer - English language - 1919 - 876 pages
...yield; to be able to bear the expense of. flf frav (S'-frii'). n. the fighting of two or OA-LLix.y more persons In a public place to the terror of others; a noisy quarrel. nf fritrV»t (af"1'), *•'• to frighten; terrify; **l-Hl&iAfc alarm; confuse. of... | |
 | Thomas Welburn Hughes - Criminal law - 1922 - 686 pages
...charge of his Honor. Verdict for the State. Judgment and appeal. BATTtB, J. An affray is denned to be the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of the citizens; State v. Allen, 4 Hawks' Rep. 356: State v. Woody, 2 Jones' Rep. 335. From this definition,... | |
 | Percy George Osborn - Latin language - 1927 - 374 pages
...non neganti incumbit probatio. The burden of proof is upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies. of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of His Majesty's subjects. Agent. A person employed to act on behalf of another. An act of an agent, done... | |
 | United States - Naval law - 1945 - 712 pages
...OF GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE. Affray or disorder, riot, rout, and unlawful assembly.- "An affray Is the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of the people. * * * There is a difference between an affray and a sudden attack. The former Implies reciprocity;... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1080 pages
...appellant. Webster defines affray to be "the act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. . . . The fighting of two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of others." He also says: "A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray." He also gives the synonym:... | |
 | 1923 - 688 pages
...facto an affright and terror to the subjects. Blackstone in book rv, p. 145, described the offence as the fighting of two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of the King's subjects, and evidently considers that those taking part in a duel can be indicted for an... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1026 pages
...affray and an assault and battery in the same information. [1] The common law defined an affray as the fighting of two or more persons in a public place, to the terror of the people. Our statute merely prescribes the punishment for, and does not attempt to define, an affray... | |
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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. 
