Rout
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
According to Hawkins's definition, which has been often quoted and approved, is a disturbance of the peace by persons assembling together with an intent to do a thing which, if executed, will make them rioters, and actually making a motion towards the execution thereof. As to the distinction between riot, rout, and unlawful assembly, see Unlawful Assembly.