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Unlawful assembly

Unlawful assembly, an assembly of five or more persons is designated an 'unlawful assembly', if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is:First.-To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central or any State Govern-ment or Parliament or the Legislature of any State, or any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; orSecond.-To resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process; orThird.-To commit any mischief of criminal trespass, or other offence; orFourth.-By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to any person to take or obtain possession of any property, or to deprive any person of the enjoyment of a right of way, or of the use of water or other incorporeal right of which he is in possession or enjoyment, or to enforce any right of supposed right; orFifth.-By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to compel any person to do what he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do what ...

assembly

assembly pl: -blies 1 a : a company of persons collected together in one place usually for some common purpose b cap : a legislative body esp. that makes up the lower house of a legislature see also general assembly, legislative assembly 2 : the act of coming together : the condition of being assembled see also unlawful assembly ...

National Assembly of the Church of England

National Assembly of the Church of England. 'The assembly constituted in accordance with the constitution set forth in the appendix to the address presented to His Majesty by the Convocations of Canterbury and York on the 10th day of May, 1919, and laid before Parliament' (Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act, 1919). The Church Assembly consists of the House of Bishops (i.e., members of the Upper Houses of the two Convocations), the House of Clergy (i.e., members of the two Lower Houses), and the House of Laity, which consists of representatives from the two Provinces of Canterbury and York elected in accordance with the Rules contained in the Schedule to the Representation of the Laity Measure, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 2). Measures passed by the Assembly are examined by an Ecclesiastical Committee consisting of 15 members of the House of Lords appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and 15 members of the House of Commons appointed by the Speaker. This Committee reports to Parliament. On...

unlawful assembly

unlawful assembly : the offense of assembling with a certain minimum number of others for the purpose of engaging in a riot or other unlawful conduct that threatens public safety, peace, or order ;also : a group so assembled ...

general assembly

general assembly 1 : a legislative assembly ;esp : a U.S. state legislature 2 cap G&A : the supreme deliberative body of the United Nations ...

Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The acts of the General Assembly, issued under their legislative powers, are binding on all the members and judicatories of the church. The form of their procedure is regulated by an Act of the church (1697), termed the Barrier Act, Bell's Scotch Law Dict....

Assembly

Assembly, the expression 'assembly' in the context and setting in which it has been used cannot be construed to mean bringing into of a new article. This expression cannot be equated with the expression 'manufacture', Shriram Vinyl and Chemical Industries v. Commissioner of Customs, AIR 2001 SC 1283 (1284): (2001) 4 SCC 286. [Customs Act, 1962 s. 25(1)]Means a group of persons organized and united for some common purpose, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 111....

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