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DISORDERLY

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Contrary to the rules of good order and behavior; violative of the public peace or good order ; turbulent, riotous, or indecent. Disorderly conduct. A term of loose and indefinite meaning (except as occasionally defined in statutes), but signifying ‘generally any behavior that is contrary to law, and; more particularly sueh as tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, scandalize the community, or shock the public sense of morality. People v. Keener of State Reformatory, 176 N. Y. 465, 68 N & 884; People v. Davis, 80 App. Div. 448, 80 N. Y. Supp. 872; City of Mt. Sterling v. HoUyr 108 Ky. 621, 57 S. W. 491; Pratt v. Brown, 80 Tex. 608, 16 S. W. 443; Kahn v. Macon, 95 Ga. 419, 22 S. B. 641; People v. Miller, 38 Hun, 82; Tyrrell v. Jersey City, 25 N. J. Law. 536. Disorderly house. In criminal law. A house the inmates of which behave so badlv as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood. It has a wide meaning, and includes bawdy houses, common gaming houses, and places of a like character. 1 Bish. Crim. Law, f 1106; State v. Wilson, 93 N. C. 608; Hickey v. State; 53 Ala. 6-14; State v. Garity, 46 N. H. 61; State v. Grosofski, 89 Minn. 343, 94 N. W. 1077; Cheek v. Com., 79 Ky. 359 ; State y, McGahaa, 48 W. Va. 438, 37 S. E. 573. Disorderly persons. Such as are dangerous or hurtful to the public peace and welfare by reason of their misconduct or vicious habits, and are therefore amendable to police regulation. The phrase is chiefly used in statutes, and the scope of the tenn depends on local regulations. See 4 Bl. Comm. 169. Code Cr. Proc. N. Y. 3903,

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