breach of peace

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Kamara instead pleaded no contest to breach of peace, and will serve community service and pay restitution to the victim.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

The magistrate said the protest could have incited other people to join, and cause a breach of peace.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2022

Mr. Mills was arrested and charged with breach of peace.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022

The woman was arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace.

From Fox News • May 28, 2020

However, it was not till more than sixty years after the foundation of Calcutta that there appeared any possibility of a breach of peace amongst the Europeans in Bengal.

From Three Frenchmen in Bengal The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 by Hill, S. C. (Samuel Charles)