Distraction - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: distractionDistracter
One who or that which distracts away...
Distractful
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Distractible
Capable of being drawn aside or distracted...
Distracting
Tending or serving to distract...
Distraction
The act of distracting a drawing apart separation...
Distractive
Causing perplexity distracting...
Distractedness
A state of being distracted distraction...
Breach of peace
Breach of peace, is the criminal offence of creating a public disturbance or engaging in disorderly conduct particularly by making an unnecessary or distracting noise, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 183.Breach of peace, takes place when either an assault is committed on an individual or public alarm and excitement is caused. Mere annoyance or insult is not enough; thus at common law a householder could not give a man into custody for violently and persistently ringing his door-bell. It is the particular duty of a Magistrate or Police Officer to preserve the peace unbroken, hence if he has reasonable cause to believe that a breach of the peace is imminent he may be justified in committing an assault or effecting an arrest; R.F.V. Heuston, Salmond on the Law of Torts, 131 (17th Edn., 1977).Means a disturbance of public peace order, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 59.Breach of peace, offences against the public, which are either actual violations of the peace, or c...
distrain
distrain [Anglo-French destreindre, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere to hinder, punish, from Latin, to pull in different directions, distract, from dis- apart + stringere to draw tight] vt 1 : to force or compel to satisfy an obligation by means of a distress 2 : to seize by distress compare enter vi : to levy a distress dis·train·able adj dis·train·er [-strā-nər] or dis·train·or [di-strā-nər, dis-trā-nōr] n ...
red herring
red herring [red herring something that distracts attention from the main issue, diversion] : a preliminary prospectus (as for the sale of securities) that is not yet approved by the appropriate body (as the Securities and Exchange Commission) ...
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