Legal Definition and Related Resources of Riot
Meaning of Riot
A tumultuous disturbance of the peace by t.r.e. persons or more, assembling together of their own authority with an intent mutually to assist each other against any who shall oppose them in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and the execution of same in a violent and turbulent manner to the terror of the people, whether the act intended is of itself lawful or unlawful . See City of Daytona beach v Brown, (Fla.App.) 273 Sold 124. See also 18 U.S.C. §2102.
Riot Alternative Definition
In criminal law. A tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three persons or more, assembling together of their own authority with an intent mutually to assist each other against any who shall oppose them, in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful. Hawk. P. C. c. 65, § 1. See 3 Blackf. (Ind.) 209; 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 72; 3 Rich. (S. C.) 337; 5 Pa. St. 88. “Riot” includes both “unlawful assembly” and “rout” (q.v.), and the further element that there shall be not only a step towards carrying out the unlawful intent of the assembly, but that they shall proceed therein in a violent and tumultuous manner.
Synonyms of Riot
noun
- affray
- bedlam
- brawl
- breach of the peace
- broil
- commotion
- confusion
- disorder
- disorderliness
- disturbance
- ferment
- fracas
- fray
- furor
- hubbub
- insurgence
- insurrection
- lawlessness
- melee
- outbreak
- outburst
- pandemonium
- rebellion
- revolt
- row
- rumpus
- shindy
- tumult
- tumultus
- turba
- turmoil
- unruliness
- uprising
- uproar
- wild confusion
- Associated Concepts: disturbing the peace
- inciting a riot
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Riot
(You may find riot at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
c. 1200, “debauchery, extravagance, wanton living,” from Old French riote (12c.) “dispute, quarrel, (tedious) talk, chattering, argument, domestic strife,” also a euphemism for “sexual intercourse,” of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin riota “quarrel, dispute, uproar, riot.” Perhaps from Latin rugire “to roar.” Meaning “public disturbance” is first recorded late 14c. Meaning “something spectacularly successful” first recorded 1909 in theater slang. Run riot is first recorded 1520s, a metaphoric extension from Middle English meaning in reference to hounds following the wrong scent. The Riot Act, part of which must be read to a mob before active measures can be taken, was passed 1714 (1 Geo. I, st.2, c.5). Riot girl and alternative form riot grrl first recorded 1992.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Riot
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late 14c., “behave in a dissolute manner, engage in loose revelry,” from Old French rioter “chatter, dispute, quarrel,” from riote (see riot; this term is also a noun.). Meaning “take part in a public disturbance” is from 1755. Related: Rioted; rioting.
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Riot in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of riot.
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- riot in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- riot in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
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