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Scold

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Scold [communis rixatrix, Lat.], a troublesome and angry woman who, by brawling and wranging amongst her neighbours, breaks the public peace, increases discord, and becomes a public nuisance to the neighbourhood, 4 Steph. Com. see CASTIGATORY.

A person who regularly breaks the peace by scolding people, increasing discord, and generally being a public nuisance to neighbourhood, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1348.

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