Legal Definition and Related Resources of Terror
Meaning of Terror
(Lat.) That state of the mind which arises from the event or phenomenon that may serve as a prognostic of some catastrophe; affright from apparent dan-i ger. One of the constituents of the offense of riot is that the acts of the persons engaged in it should be to the terror of the people, as a show of arms, threatening speeches, or turbulent gestures; but it is not requisite, in order to constitute this crime, that personal violence should be committed. 3 Campb. 369; 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 65, §5; 4 Car. & P. 373, 538. See RoUe, 109; Dalton, Just c. 186; Viner, Abr. “Riots” (A 8).
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See Also
- Riot
- Robbery
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