| 单词 | breach of the peace |
| 释义 | breach of the peace breach of the peace in England, conduct causing harm or likely to cause harm or generally disturb the peace. The preservation of the peace is an ancient Crown prerogative. It is an especially important offence in relation to civil liberties, for if conduct is likely to occasion a breach of the peace that will justify ARREST.In Scots criminal law, disorderly conduct that is likely to occasion a public disturbance. It is a very widely construed crime and often causes concern in relation to civil liberties. It encompasses looking in at a lighted window: Raffaelli v. Heatly 1949 SLT 284; statements made to another in the absence of witness in private: Young v. Heatly 1959 JC 66; and even an exuberant blow to the chest of a fellow footballer: Butcher v. Jessop 1989 SCCR 119. |
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