Brawl
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Tumult; loud, angry contention. See 42 N. H. 464. Originally used in connection with disturbances in churches or churchyards. 4 Bl. Comm. 146; Steph. Cr. Dig. 102.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A noisy quarrel.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A clamorous or tumultuous quarrel in a public placo, to the disturbance of the public peace. In English law, specifically, a noisy quarrel or other uproarious conduct creating a disturbance in a church or churchyard. 4 BL Comm 146; 4 Steph. Comm. 253. The popular meanings of the words "brawls" and "tumults" are substantially the same and identical. They are correlative terms, the one employed to express the meaning of the other, and are so defined by approved lexicographers. Legally, they mean the same kind of disturbance to the public peace, produced by the same class of agents, and can be well comprehended to define one and the same offense. State v. Perkins, 42 N. H. 464.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A noisy quarrel; uproar. "Brawl" and "tumult" are correlative terms. They refer to the same kind of disturbance of the peace, produced by the same class of agents, and well define one and the same offense.* See Peace, 1.