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Terror

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Alarm; fright; dread; the state of mind induced by the apprehension of hurt from some hostile or threatening event or manifestation; fear caused by the appearance of danger. In an indictment for riot, it must be charged that the acts done were "to the terror of the people."

See Arto v. State, 19 Tex. App. 136.