disturbance of the peace
Example Sentences
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A police court judge sided with Durfee, ruling: “The salutation, ‘Oh, you kid!’ is a disturbance of the peace and is punishable by ninety days’ imprisonment in the city jail.”
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014
"Fourth—The government of the United States will examine attentively what attitude it will adopt respecting those concerned in the present disturbance of the peace in Cuba, or those who are actually participating in it."
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
The selectmen, by advice of the lawyer, spoke of prosecuting him for a misdemeanor, in circulating unfounded reports, to the great disturbance of the peace of the Commonwealth.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Living together with them is possible, and no disturbance of the peace starts with them.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
Controversy as to possession of property was a fertile source of disturbance of the peace and tribunals would entertain an action to recover possession.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
