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What (who) is affray - definition
PUBLIC ORDER OFFENCE IN MANY LEGAL JURISDICTIONS
Affrayer; Afray
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Affray
·vt Alarm; terror; fright.
II. Affray ·vt A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
III. Affray ·vt To startle from quiet; to Alarm.
IV. Affray ·vt The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
V. Affray ·vt The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
affray
¦ noun Law, dated a breach of the peace by fighting in a public place.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. afrayer 'disturb, startle', based on an element of Gmc origin related to OE frithu 'peace, safety'.
affray
An affray is a noisy and violent fight, especially in a public place. (FORMAL)
N-SING: also no det
Wikipedia
Affray
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In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of one or more persons in a public place to the terror (in French: à l'effroi) of ordinary people. Depending on their actions, and the laws of the prevailing jurisdiction, those engaged in an affray may also render themselves liable to prosecution for assault, unlawful assembly, or riot; if so, it is for one of these offences that they are usually charged.
Examples of use of affray
1. Affray appeal convictions dismissed The Court of Appeal today dismissed appeals brought against the affray convictions.
2. I’m not David Attenborough." Dunn denies assault and affray.
3. They are each charged with both manslaughter and affray.
4. One girl, aged 15, admitted causing affray after downing ELEVEN bottles of alcopop WKD.
5. More polls» Although three judges overturned the manslaughter convictions, their convictions for affray stand.