violence
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 18201 — in this chapter
The term “violence” means actual violence and the risk or threat of violence.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The abuse of force. Theorie des Lois Criminelles, 32. That force which is employed against common right, against the laws, and against public liberty. Merlin, Kepert. The term is synonjrmous with "physical force." 31 Conn. 212. See "Force."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Force. Violent: forcible; used literally and metaphorically. Violently: with force. Violence is a general term, including all sorts of force. State v. Weaver, Bush. L. 9. The acts necessary to constitute the crime of rape must be done " by force," and these words, or something equally significant, cannot be dispensed with in an indictment. The word " violently " does not fulfil the demands of the statute. State v. Blake, 39 Me. 322. Violent presumption. A strong presumption; a presumption of such a nature as almost to amount to proof. Violent profits. The law of Scotland imposes on a tenant who forcibly or unwarrantably retains possession after he ought to have been removed, payment of " violent profits " by way of penalty. In houses, the violent profits amount to double the rent; in lands, they amount to the full profit which the proprietor could otherwise have made. Modey Sf W.