Vagrancy
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
When not defined by a statute, it must be considered such a vagabondage as fairly conies within the common-law meaning of the word. In matter of Sarah Way, 41 Mich. 299, 1 N. W. 1021; In re Jordan, 90 Mich. 3, 50 N. W. 1087.