NOUN
- any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
How To Use breach of the peace In A Sentence
- The mere fact, if it be a fact, that the constable reasonably thought that a breach of the peace was likely did not in my judgment justify the arrest of the bailiff.
- A Kirkwall man was released on bail from Kirkwall Sheriff Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to assault and breach of the peace.
- At present most cases are brought under the catch-all heading of breach of the peace, which means repeated offences can be overlooked on sentencing.
- A police investigative team is now trying to track down replacement terms that are less likely to bring about a breach of the peace. The Sun
- Breach of the peace" is a notoriously imprecise notion.
- The defending lawyer pleaded for acquittal, on the basis that neither riot nor breach of the peace could apply.
- Breach of the peace" is a notoriously imprecise notion.
- He refused to pay a fine for breach of the peace during an anti-nuclear weapons protest.
- The Standing might constitute a breach of sacramental etiquette, but it was hardly a breach of the peace.
- She said they would be charged with breach of the peace and malicious damage offences.
