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breach of the peace

noun

Law.
  1. a violation of the public peace, as by a riot, disturbance, etc.


breach of the peace

noun

  1. law an offence against public order causing an unnecessary disturbance of the peace
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Origin of breach of the peace1

First recorded in 1665–75
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Tammy never reported Booth but in 2016 she was convicted of a breach of the peace against him.

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Mr Campbell is also accused of possessing an air rifle without a licence and discharging it on various occasions, and five charges of breach of the peace dating back to July 1995.

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As a result he was in and out of custody for drug offences, breach of the peace, break-ins and theft, at one point serving a two-year prison sentence.

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The 29-year-old, who won 100m bronze at last summer's Paris Games, faces charges of battery, resisting a police officer and breach of the peace following the incident on Thursday evening.

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He denied all the offences, but a jury found him guilty of charges under the Terrorism Act, racism, anti-semitism, holocaust denial and breach of the peace.

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