peace
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 405 U.S. 518 - Gooding v. Wilson · 1972Most cited · 2,270 citing opinions
the tranquility enjoyed by the citizens of a municipality or a community where good order reigns among its members.
How often courts cite the cases defining “peace”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “peace” — 4,075 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1963–1972
- ORIGINAL
the tranquility enjoyed by citizens of a municipality or community where good order reigns among its members, which is the natural right of all persons in political society.' 239 S.C., at 343—344, 123 S.E.2d, at 249.