keeping the peace

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• keeping the peace — Avoiding a breach of the peace; dissuading or preventing others from breaking the peace. See also articles of the peace …   Black's law dictionary

• keeping the peace — Avoiding a breach of the peace; dissuading or preventing others from breaking the peace. See also articles of the peace …   Black's law dictionary

• keep the peace — phrasal : to avoid or prevent a breach of the peace or any crime likely to result in such a breach * * * refrain or prevent others from disturbing civil order the police must play a crucial role in keeping the peace …   Useful english dictionary

• Conservator of the Peace — A Conservator of the Peace is defined as a public official authorized to conserve and maintain the public peace. [BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY, 6th ed.] Under common law, Conservators of the Peace included judges, [“In England, by the common law, the… …   Wikipedia

• Conservator of the peace — A conservator of the peace is defined as a public official authorized to conserve and maintain the public peace.[1] Contents 1 Examples 1.1 Police 2 Historical origins …   Wikipedia

• disturbing the peace — ▪ law also called  Breach Of The Peace,         any of three distinct types of legal offense. In its broadest sense, the term is synonymous with crime itself and means an indictable offense. In another and more common sense, however, the phrase… …   Universalium

• Israeli views of the peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict — This article examines Israeli views of the peace process that is ongoing concerning the Israeli Palestinian conflict. There are a multitude of opinions and views of the peace process elicited at various points during Israel’s history and by a… …   Wikipedia

• The Anglo-Saxon Church —     The Anglo Saxon Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Anglo Saxon Church     I. ANGLO SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN     The word Anglo Saxon is used as a collective name for those Teutonic settlers the foundation stock of the English race… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• peace — n: a state of tranquillity or quiet: as a: a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom keeping the peace b: freedom from civil disturbance Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• To keep the peace — Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Emberverse series — is set of alternate history, post apocalyptic books written by S. M. Stirling. The novels focus on the events after something called The Change , which caused electricity, guns, explosives, internal combustion engines and steam power to stop… …   Wikipedia