Vagrancy
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Vagrancy Is distinguished from disorderly conduct and breaches of the peace, and includes only such cases of vagabondage as are known to the common law; and its statutory definition cannot be enlarged by municipal ordinance. 41 Mich. 299. to work, or goes about begging. This latter meaning is the common one in statutes punishing vagrancy.
See 1 Wils. 331; 5 East, 339; 8 Term R. 26.