Disorderly Persons
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
A species of offenders whose punishment is made the subject of particular statutes by which they are defined.
Stat. 5 Geo. IV. c. 83, amended by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 38. 4 Steph. Com. 309. 4 Bl. Com. 169. 1 iV. F. Bev. Stat. [638], 645.