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Definition of Disorderly behavior
1. Noun. Any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled.
Generic synonyms: Infraction, Infringement, Misdemeanor, Misdemeanour, Violation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disorderly Behavior
Literary usage of Disorderly behavior
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Digest of State Constitutions by Frank M. Cobb, John Henry Newman (1912)
"Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for
disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of ..."
2. Internal Relations of the Cities, Towns, Villages, Counties, and States of by Maurice A. Richter (1859)
"Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for
disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. ..."
3. The Constitution of the United States: A Critical Discussion of Its Genesis by John Randolph Tucker, Henry St. George Tucker (1899)
"The disorderly behavior for which a member may be punished has been a matter of some
... The motion to expel a member may be for disorderly behavior, ..."
4. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary by Joseph Story, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1873)
"THE next clause is, " each house may determine the rules of its proceedings,
punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two ..."