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Commotion

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A "civil commotion" is an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to rehellion where there ls a usurped power.

2 Marsh. Ins. 793; Boon v. Insurance Co., 40 Conn. 584; Grame v. Assur. Soc., 112 U. S. 273, 5 Sup. Ct 150, 28 In Ed. 716; Sprulll v. Insurance Co., 46 N. C. 127.