affray
affray
Definition
af·fray (ə frā′, a-)
noun
a noisy brawl or quarrel; public fight or riot; breach of the peace
Etymology: ME affrai, an attack, alarm < OFr esfrei < esfrëer, to frighten < ML *exfridare < L ex, out of + Gmc base frith-, peace
transitive verb
Archaic to frighten
Etymology: ME affraien < OFr esfraer
affray
Law Definition
n
The voluntary and consensual
fighting between two or more individuals in a public place to the terror of
onlookers or the disturbance of the peace. There is no affray when a person is
unlawfully attacked and resorts to self-defense instead of fleeing. See also assembly.
affray
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cause: The two Nuneaton men arrested following the football match on suspicion of causing affray were released on police bail pending further enquiries.
- follow: Cohen faced a similar dilemma when his father, Peter, died tragically following an affray in the nightclub he ran in Northampton.
- constitute: The mere carrying of a concealed weapon would not by itself constitute affray.
- shoot: Mr. Short, who is Harris's partner, and a police officer, had a shooting affray.
- include: Offenses included affray, possession of drugs and theft.
- make: Jonathan Woodgate was found not guilty of GBH but convicted of making an affray and given 100 hours of community service.
Adjective modifier
- desperate: A desperate affray took place, in which several of the officers were wounded, some most seriously.
- alleged: Smith's ' and went to prison along with us for an alleged affray, was of a different class.
- bloody: There were a growing number of bloody affrays between the local poachers and the gamekeepers, who were usually from England or Scotland.
- violent: He received a three and a half year jail term for violent affray.
Modifies a noun
- charge: An affray charge usually means that all parties, injured or not, to the disturbance are charged with causing the affray.
Noun used with modifier
- street: Brown & Hedges ran into street affray - had to take cover in a canal.
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