UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY, crim.
law. A disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons who
meet together with an intent mutually to assist each other in the
execution of some unlawful enterprise of a private nature, with force
and violence; if they move forward towards its execution, it is then a
rout (q. v.) and if they actually execute their design, it amounts to a
riot. (q. v.) 4 Bl. Com. 140; 1 Russ. on Cr. 254; Hawk. c. 65, s. 9;
Com. Dig. Forcible Entry, D 10; Vin. Abr. Riots, &c., A.
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