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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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.