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Home Dictionary Name: peacefulSessions of the peace
Sessions of the peace, sittings of justices of the peace for the execution of those powers which are confided to them by their commission, or by charter, and by numerous statutes. They are of three descriptions:-I. Petty Sessions.--Metropolitan Police magistrates can act alone (see that title), with that exception, every meeting of two or more justices in the same place, for the execution of some power vested in them by law, whether had on their own mere motion, or on the requisition of any party entitled to require their attendance in discharge of some duty, is a petty or petit session. The occasions for holding petty sessions are very numerous, amongst the most important of which is the bailing persons accused of felony, which may be done after a full hearing of evidence on both sides, where the presumption of guilt shall either be weak in itself, or weakened by the proofs adduced on behalf of the prisoner. See PETTY SESSIONS.As to right of the public to attend petty sessions, see OP...
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...
Peace, Breach of the
Peace, Breach of the, a violation of that quiet, peace, and security which is guaranteed by the laws for the personal comfort of the subjects of this kingdom. An ordinary subject of the Crown must act as a peace-officer to arrest an offender if a felony is committed, or a bad wound given in his presence; and an ordinary subject may arrest another who is on the point of committing murder, and may break and enter a house to do so; and may arrest a lunatic about to do a mischief, and may arrest one against whom an indictment has been found; or may arrest one to put a stop to a breach of the peace committed in his presence.The power of justices of the peace to adjudge a person to enter into recognizance and find sureties to keep the peace or be of good behaviour towards any other person on his complaint is regulated by s. 25 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'justices.'...
Kings peace
Kings peace, means a royal subject's right to be free from crime (to 'have peace') in certain areas subject to the King's immediate control, such as the King's palace or highway. A breach of the peace in one of these areas subjected the offender to punishment in the King's Court. Overtime, the area subject to the King's peace grew, which in turn increased the jurisdiction of the royal courts. Also written King's Peace, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 875....
breach of the peace
breach of the peace 1 : a disturbance of public peace or order [insulting language causing a breach of the peace] see also fighting words 2 : the offense of causing a breach of the peace compare disorderly conduct ...
Peaceful
Possessing or enjoying peace not disturbed by war tumult agitation anxiety or commotion quiet tranquil as a peaceful time a peaceful country a peaceful end...
Articles of the peace
Articles of the peace, a complaint exhibited either in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, or Court of Summary Jurisdiction, when any one has just cause to fear that some one will burn his house, do him some corporal hurt, or procure a third person to perpetrate it. Upon articles setting forth the fact being sworn to by the complainant, sureties of the peace are taken for such a length of time as the Court shall think necessary, not being confined to a twelvemonth. See ss. 25, 26 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, and PEACE, and for the procedure to exhibit Articles of the peace in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, see Rules 246-56 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906, and Short and Mellor on Crown Office Practice....
justice of the peace court
justice of the peace court :a local court of limited jurisdiction usu. over minor civil and criminal actions, small claims, and some felony preliminaries which is presided over by a justice of the peace and which usu. follows summary procedure NOTE: Justice of the peace courts were formerly common but now are used or remain active to some extent in only a few states. ...
Conservators of the peace
Conservators of the peace, officers appointed by the Common Law for the maintenance of the public peace. Of these, some had and still have this power annexed to other offices which they hold; others had it merely by itself, and were thence called custodes or conservatores pacis. Those that were so, virtute officii, still continue; but the latter sort are superseded by the justices of the peace, first established in the reign of Edw. III., by 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16....
Security for keeping the peace
Security for keeping the peace. see PEACE; PEACE, BREACH OF....
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