ASSEMBLY
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
trary, that there is not a present purpose to do an injury, there is no assault. State v. Davis, 23 N. C. 127, 35 Am. Dec. 735.
sentation of the ministers and elders of the church, regulated by Act Sth Assem. Assembly, unlawful. In criminal law. The assembling of three or more persons together to do an unlawful act, who separate without actually doing it, or making any motion towards it. 3 Inst. 176; 4 Bl. Comm. 146. It differs from a riot or rout, because in each of the latter cases there is some act done besides the simple meeting. See State v. Stalcup, 23
sentation of the ministers and elders of the church, regulated by Act Sth Assem. Assembly, unlawful. In criminal law. The assembling of three or more persons together to do an unlawful act, who separate without actually doing it, or making any motion towards it. 3 Inst. 176; 4 Bl. Comm. 146. It differs from a riot or rout, because in each of the latter cases there is some act done besides the simple meeting. See State v. Stalcup, 23
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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