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Disorderly persons

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Such as are dangerous or hurtful to the public peace and welfare by reason of their misconduct or vicious habits, and are therefore amendable to police regulation. The phrase is chiefly used in statutes, and the scope of the term depends on local regulations.

See 4 Bl. Comm. 169. Co.de Cr. Proc. N. Y. 1903, § 899.