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In criminal law. A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with an intention to do a thing which, if executed, would have made them rioters, and actually making a motion towards the execution of their purpose. It generally agrees in all particulars with a riot, except only in this, that it may be a complete offense without the execution of the intended enterprise. Hawk. P. C. c.

65, § 14; 1 Russ. Crimes, 253; 4 Bl. Comm. 140; Viner, Abr. "Riots, etc." (A 2); Comyn, Dig. "Forcible Entry" (D 9).