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Riotous Assembly

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English criminal law. The unlawful assembling of twelve persons or more, to the disturbance of the

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The unlawful assembly of twelve or more persons in breach of the peace and not dispersing on command. See 4 Bl. Comm. 142.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English criminal law. The uniawful assembling of twelve persons or more, to the disturbance of the peace, and not dispersing upon proclamation. 4 Bl. Comm. 142; 4 Steph. Comm. 273. And see Madisonville v. Bishop, 113 Ky. 106, 67 S. W. 269,57 L. R. A. 130.