disturbance of the peace
Example Sentences
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A police court judge sided with Durfee, ruling: “The salutation, ‘Oh, you kid!’ is a disturbance of the peace and is punishable by ninety days’ imprisonment in the city jail.”
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014
War or theft must have followed the mutual limitation of rights, but against this disturbance of the peace other members of the society must have banded themselves together.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
It was the breach in the general feeling of security under the Sarawak Government, which for a time magnified every little disturbance of the peace into a public danger.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by McDougall, Henriette
The wise man planned the campaign before others had even contemplated any disturbance of the peace.
From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas
Living together with them is possible, and no disturbance of the peace starts with them.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
