disorderly

  • 31disorderly conduct — Law. any of various petty misdemeanors, generally including nuisances, breaches of the peace, offensive or immoral conduct in public, etc. [1885 90] * * * Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency …

    Universalium

  • 32disorderly market — A characterization of market conditions whereby there is excessive volatility at a time when there is no news. The volatility is often caused by order imbalances. In some markets, shorts trying to cover can cause disorderly conditions. If… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 33disorderly conduct — A term of loose and indefinite meaning (except when defined by statutes), but signifying generally any behavior that is contrary to law, and more particularly such as tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, scandalize the community, or… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 34disorderly conduct — A term of loose and indefinite meaning (except when defined by statutes), but signifying generally any behavior that is contrary to law, and more particularly such as tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, scandalize the community, or… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 35disorderly persons — Persons guilty of disorderly conduct. See disorderly conduct …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 36disorderly person — Law. a person guilty of disorderly conduct. [1735 45] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 37disorderly house —    a brothel    Originally 19th century legal jargon and still in use, even of the most tidy and wellconducted brothel:     If the neighbours chose to complain before a magistrate about a disorderly house... (Mayhew, 1862) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 38disorderly person — /dɪsˌɔdəli ˈpɜsən/ (say dis.awduhlee persuhn) noun a person guilty of disorderly conduct or of separate offences as loitering in public, vagrancy, etc …

  • 39disorderly house — House or place where residents or inhabitants behave in such a manner as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood. One where acts are performed which tend to corrupt morals of community or promote breaches of peace. Payne v. U. S., D.C.Mun. App …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 40disorderly house — House or place where residents or inhabitants behave in such a manner as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood. One where acts are performed which tend to corrupt morals of community or promote breaches of peace. Payne v. U. S., D.C.Mun. App …

    Black's law dictionary