Peace
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
1.
Amity between states or nations; the opposite of war.
2.
Orderly, quiet behavior of individuals towards one another; good conduct within a community. Assaults and violence are called breaches of the peace; one who is required to give security to refrain from disorder is said to give surety of the peace, or to give bond to keep the peace; a well-behaved citizen entitled to full protection is said to be within the peace of the state or of the queen. Peace of God and the church. An old English expression for that use which the king's subjects had from trouble and suit of law between the terms of court.
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