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Riot

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

riot


: a disturbance of the peace created by an assemblage of usually three or more people acting with a common purpose and in a violent and tumultuous manner to the terror of the public
;also
: the crime of rioting
vi : to create or engage in a riot
ri·ot·er n




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