Riotous - Law Dictionary Search Results
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riotous 1 : of the nature of a riot [ conduct] 2 : participating in a riot [a assemblage] ri·ot·ous·ly adv ri·ot·ous·ness n ...
Callithump
A somewhat riotous parade accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises also a burlesque serenade a charivari...
Luddite
One of a number of riotous persons in England who for six years 1811 17 tried to prevent the use of labor saving machinery by breaking it burning factories etc so called from Ned Lud a half witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames...
ous
An adjective suffix meaning full of abounding in having possessing the qualities of like as in gracious abounding in grace arduous full of ardor bulbous having bulbs bulblike riotous poisonous piteous joyous etc...
Rampage
Violent or riotous behavior a state of excitement passion or debauchery as to be on the rampage...
Riotous
Involving or engaging in riot wanton unrestrained luxurious...
Routish
Uproarious riotous...
Satyr
A sylvan deity or demigod represented as part man and part goat and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness...
Brawling
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offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 1, and wholly repealed as to laymen by the (English) Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict.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...
Churchyard
Churchyard is the freehold of the rector or vicar, subject to the right of parishioners to be buried in it.The Statute of Winchester, 13 Edw. 1, 1285, prohibits fairs or markets in churchyards; a statute of uncertain date (perhaps 35 Edw. 1), the felling of trees indiscreetly by parsons; and the (English) Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32), punishes riotous, violent or indecent behaviour by fine up to 5l., or imprisonment up to two months without option of fine. See preceding title; BURIAL; and Whitehead's Church Law.As to consecration, see (English) Consecration of Churchyards Acts, 1867 and 1868.A gift for the maintenance of a churchyard is a valid charitable gift [Re Douglas, (1905) 1 Ch 279]....
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