Disorderly Persons

A class of offenders, subjects of police regulation, described in the statutes which punish them. See 4 Bl. Comm. 169. DISPARAGATION (Law Fr. disparagement). The matching an heir, etc., in marriage, under his or her degree or condition, or against the rules of decency. Kelham. DISPARAGE (Law Lat. disparagare). To connect unequally; to match unsuitably. "The ward who is ward for knight's service land is accounted in law disparaged, if he be tendered a marriage of the burgher's parentage." Bac. Arg. Low's Case, Works, iv. 235. See "Disparagement."

A class of offenders described in the statutes which punish them. See t Ida. Com. 169.

Such as are dangerous or hurtful to the public peace and welfare by reason of their misconduct or vicious habits, and are therefore amendable to police regulation. The phrase is chiefly used in statutes, and the scope of the term depends on local regulations. See 4 Bl. Comm. 169. Co.de Cr. Proc. N. Y. 1903, § 899.

Defined under Disorderly in Black's Law Dictionary.

Such as are dangerous or hurtful to the public peace and welfare by reason of their misconduet or vicious habits, and are therefore amenable to police regulation, The phrase is chiefly used in statutes, and the seope of the term depends on logal regulations. See 4 Bi. Comm. 169.

A species of offenders whose punishment is made the subject of particular statutes by which they are defined. Stat. 5 Geo. IV. c. 83, amended by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 38. 4 Steph. Com. 309. 4 Bl. Com. 169. 1 iV. F. Bev. Stat. [638], 645.