breach of the peace in English

public disturbance

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1. Brandishing deadly weapons; threatening or causing breach of the peace; criminal penalties

2. For this, he was convicted of distributing insulting material whereby a breach of the peace was likely to be occasioned.

3. You are hereby charged that on the 28th day of May... you did will fully and with malice aforethought... publish an alleged English-Hungarian phrase book... with intent to cause a breach of the peace.

4. What does Affray mean in law? Affray is a public order offence, in contravention of section 3 of the Public Order Act 1986 and classified as a ‘breach of the peace’ as a result of disorderly conduct.

5. One of the purposes of the United Nations as elaborated in Article 1 (1) of the Charter was to "bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace.”