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Riotously

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In criminal pleading. A technical word properly used in an indictment for a riot, and ex vi termini implying violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 488, 490, note (f ); 2 Sess. Cas. 13, cited Id. In the English forms, "riotously and routously" is the expression invariably used. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, ubi supra; 3 Burrows, 1262. And this has been adopted in American practice. Wharton, Prec. Indict. (Ed. 1857) 849 et seq. RIPA (Lat.) The banks of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow. An extraordinary overflow does not change the banks of the river. Poth. ad Pand. lib. 50. See "Bank;" "River."

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Pleading. A technical word, properly used in an indictment for a riot, which of itself implies violence. 2 Sess. Cas. Sc. 13; 2 Stra. 834; 2 Chitty, Cr. Law 489. RIPA (Lat.). The banks of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow. An extraordinary overflow does not change the banks of the river. Pothier, Pand. lib. 50. See Banks; River; Riparian Proprietors.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 489.