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BREAKING

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Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same. 2. In cases of burglary and house-breaking, the removal, of any part of the house, or of the fastenings provided to secure it, with violence and a felonious intent, is called a breaking. 3. The breaking is actual, as in the above case; or constructive, as when … [Read more...]

BRAWL

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A clamorous or tumultuous quarrel in a public place, to the disturbance of the public peace. In English law, specifically, a noisy quarrel or other uproarious conduct creating a disturbance in a church or churchyard. 4 BL Comm 146; 4 Steph. Comm. 253. The popular meanings of the words "brawls" and "tumults" are substantially the same and identical. They are correlative terms, … [Read more...]

BREAKING AND ENTERING

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A crime, see burglary, where one trespasses and breaks into the home or property of another with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft. … [Read more...]

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