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Found 3 hits - Term: unlawful assembly, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unlawful \unlaw"ful\, a.
   not lawful; contrary to law. -- unlaw"fully, adv. --
   unlaw"fulness, n.
   1913 webster

   unlawful assembly. law see under assembly.
      1913 webster
see also:
unlaw"fully unlaw"fulness unlawful assembly assembly 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
assembly \assem"bly\, n.; pl. assemblies. f. assembl'ee,
   fr. assembler. see assemble.
   1. a company of persons collected together in one place, and
      usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and
      legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.
      1913 webster

   2. a collection of inanimate objects. obs. --howell.
      1913 webster

   3. mil. a beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a
      signal to troops to assemble.
      1913 webster

   note: in some of the united states, the legislature, or the
         popular branch of it, is called the assembly, or the
         general assembly. in the presbyterian church, the
         general assembly is the highest ecclesiastical
         tribunal, composed of ministers and ruling elders
         delegated from each presbytery; as, the general
         assembly of the presbyterian church in the united
         states, or of scotland.
         1913 webster

   assembly room, a room in which persons assemble, especially
      for dancing.

   unlawful assembly law, a meeting of three or more persons
      on a common plan, in such a way as to cause a reasonable
      apprehension that they will disturb the peace
      tumultuously.

   westminster assembly, a convocation, consisting chiefly of
      divines, which, by act of parliament, assembled july 1,
      1643, and remained in session some years. it framed the
      "confession of faith," the "larger catechism," and the
      "shorter catechism," which are still received as authority
      by presbyterians, and are substantially accepted by
      congregationalists.
      1913 webster

   syn: see assemblage.
        1913 webster
see also:
assemblies assemble assembly room unlawful assembly westminster assembly assemblage 

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
unlawful assembly, crim. law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or 
more persons who meet together with an intent mutually to assist each other 
in the execution of some unlawful enterprise of a private nature, with force 
and violence; if they move forward towards its execution, it is then a rout 
q.v. and if they actually execute their design, it amounts to a riot. 
q.v. 4 bl. com. 140; 1 russ. on cr. 254; hawk. c. 65, s. 9; com. dig. 
forcible entry, d 10; vin. abr. riots, c., a. 




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Unlawful, definition of term: Unlawful
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