Disorderly House

In criminal law. A house the inmates of which behave so badly as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood. One kept in such a way as to disturb or scandalize the public generally, or the in- The term has a wide meaning, and includes bawdy houses, gambling houses, and the like. A place kept for general resort for purposes injurious to the public morals or safety is a "disorderly house," in the legal sense, though there be no noise or disorder. 48 Ark. 60; 30 N. J. Law, 104; 120 Mass. 356; 83N. Y. 587.

A bouse the inof which l ehave so badl: a nuisance to tie- neighborhood. State v. •:i.Mil, ii. 348, 94 N. W. Pi77; Hawkins v. Lutton, '.'•"■ Wis. 493, 70 N. W. 483, 80 Am. St. Rep. 13L It has a wide meaning, and includes bawdy houses, common gaming. and places "f a like character; l Bish. Cr. L. 8 IP"'.: Q. S. v. Gray, 2 Cra. C. «'. 675, Fed. Caa No. 15,251; Com. v. Cobb, 120 Mass. 356. Any pice of public resort in which Illegal practices are carried on. Involving moral turpitude or i v. Martin, 77 X..1. E 652, 7:; Atl 548, 24 E R. A. iX. S.i 507, 134 Am. St. Rep. Bl ». 18 Ann. fas. 986, where a person making usurious loans was convicted of keeping a disorderly house. In order to constitute it BU< h it is do! necessary that tin i violative of the peace of the neighborhood, or t ■ ous disturbance and open acts of lewdness; Beard v. State. 71 Md. 275, 17 Atl. 1044, 4

In criminal law. A house the inmates of which' behave so badly as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood. It has a wide meaning, and includes bawdy houses, common gaming houses, and places of a like character. 1 Bish. Crim. Law, § 1106; State v. Wilson, 93 N. C. 608; Hickey v. State, 53 Ala. 514; State v. Garity, 46 N. H. 61; State v. Grosofski, 89 Minn. 343, 94 N. W. 1077; Cheek v. Com., 79 Ky. 359; State v. McGahan, 48 W. Va. 438, 37 S. E. 573.

Defined under Disorderly in Black's Law Dictionary.

In criminal law. <A house the inmates of which behave 80 badly as to become anuisance to the neighborhooud. It has a wide meaning, and includes bawdy houses, common gaming houses, and places of a like character. 1 Bish. Crim. Law, § 1106; 2 Cranch, C. C. 673.

crim. law, is a house the inmates of which behave so badly as to become a nuisance to the neighbourhood. The keeper of such house may be indicted for keeping a public nuisance. Hawk. b. 1, c. 78,8. 1 & 2; 3 Bac. Ab. Inns, A; 1 Russ. on Cr. 298; 1 Wheel. C. C. 290; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 342; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 298; Bac. Ab. Nuisances, A; 4 Chit. Bl. Com. 167, 8, note.