unlawful assembly

unlawful assembly
unlawful assembly n: the offense of assembling with a certain minimum number of others for the purpose of engaging in a riot or other unlawful conduct that threatens public safety, peace, or order; also: a group so assembled

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

unlawful assembly
n.
The gathering of three or more people with the intention of disturbing the peace or committing some unlawful act; definition varies by state.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


unlawful assembly
a meeting of three or more people with the intent of carrying out any unlawful purpose.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


unlawful assembly
When three or more people meet with the intention of carrying out an unlawful act to deliberately disturb the peace.
Category: Criminal Law
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


unlawful assembly
A meeting of three or more individuals to commit a crime or carry out a lawful or unlawful purpose in a manner likely to imperil the peace and tranquillity of the neighborhood.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


unlawful assembly
A meeting of three or more individuals to commit a crime or carry out a lawful or unlawful purpose in a manner likely to imperil the peace and tranquillity of the neighborhood.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

unlawful assembly
n.
   the act of assembling for the purpose of starting a riot or breaching the peace or when such an assembly reasonably could be expected to cause a riot or endanger the public. Although freedom of assembly is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, law enforcement has the right to require disbursement of such an assembly as part of the "police powers" of the state and the potential dangers of riot or breach of peace are subjective and decided on the spot by police officers or other public officials. Claims of "unlawful assembly" were often used to break up labor union picket lines until the late 1930s, against peaceful civil rights marches in the 1950s and 1960s, and by the police against anti-Vietnam War demonstrators in Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago in the late 1960s.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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