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Brawling [fr. brailler, Fr., to brawl], the offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 1, and wholly repealed as to laymen by the (English) Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32)], by excommunication and suspension, and also, by the unrepealed but disused 1 Mary, st. 2, c. 3, by imprisonment until the party repent.By the Act of 1860, persons guilty of riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour in churches and chapels of the Church of England or Ireland, or in any chapel of any religious denomination, or in England in any place of religious worship duly certified under the (English) Places of Worship Registration Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 81), or in church-yards or burial grounds, on conviction before two justices are made liable to a penalty of not more than 5l., or imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, See Matthews v. King, (1934) 1 KB 505...
Brawlingly
In a brawling manner...
Blatant
Bellowing as a calf bawling brawling clamoring disagreeably clamorous sounding loudly and harshly...
Bransle
A brawl or dance...
Brawl
To quarrel noisily and outrageously...
Brawler
One that brawls wrangler...
Brawling
Quarreling quarrelsome noisy...
Broil
A tumult a noisy quarrel a disturbance a brawl contention discord either between individuals or in the state...
Delitigation
Chiding brawl...
Fracas
An uproar a noisy quarrel a disturbance a brawl...
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