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  Affray - LoveToKnow 1911
A fight in private is an assault and battery, not an affray.
As those engaged in an affray render themselves also liable to prosecution for Assault, Unlawful Assembly (see ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL), or Riot, it is for one of these offences that they are usually charged.
72) defines affray as taking part in a fight in a public highway or taking part in a fight of such a nature as to alarm the public in any other place to which the public have access.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Affray   (232 words)

  
 Affray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
In law, the affray is the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror (in French: à l'effroi) of the lieges.
As those engaged in an affray render themselves also liable to prosecution for assault, Unlawful Assembly[?], or Riot, it is for one of these offences that they are usually charged.
159) adopts the English definition of affray, with the substitution of actual disturbance of the peace for causing terror to the lieges.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/af/Affray.html   (228 words)

  
 Search for M1 and HMS Affray - Beyond the Blue Technical Diving Magazine
Affray boasted two air conditioning plants and refrigeration, all of her accommodation was fitted as far away from the engine room as possible.
HMS Affray was commissioned on 25 November 1945 and for five years was on travel and exercises all over the globe, visiting such exotic places as Durban, Cochin, Yokohama, Tangier, Singapore and Bergen.
Affray had to be found however, her loss had caught the public imagination and wild speculation was rife as to what had happened to her.
www.beyondmagazine.co.uk /wreck/hm1affray.htm   (3823 words)

  
 Affray - WikiCrimeLine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
(1) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threaten unlawful violence towards another and his conduct was such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for their personal safety.
Affray should be considered in circumstances of serious and indiscriminate violence.
Affray should be considered in circumstances analogous to those listed above where serious violence is used or threatened, and with due regard to the principles set out in R v Sanchez.
www.crimeupdate.net /crimebook/index.php?title=Affray   (938 words)

  
 affray - definition by dict.die.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
affray n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: altercation, fracas] 2: a noisy fight [syn: disturbance, fray, ruffle]
A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray.
dict.die.net /affray   (98 words)

  
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An affray is the fighting together of two or more persons in a public place, and an indictment which charges that the defendant "an affray did make," without stating the facts which constitute an affray, is fatally defective.
On the part of the state, the attorney- general contends that the offence of an affray is sufficiently charged in and by the indictment.
Authorities have been cited on this question, and books of forms of indictments for affrays have also been referred to, for the purpose of showing that the form of the charge in the present indictment is a valid one for the offence of an affray, which will now be noticed.
www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/usr/wbardwel/public/nfalist/simpson_v_state.txt   (789 words)

  
 Affray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In English Law Affray forms part of the Public Order Act 1986 under section 3.
A person is guilty of Affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety.
Affray may be committed in private as well as in public places.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Affray   (456 words)

  
 Affray - Disaster Beneath the Waves
In January 1951 Affray was transferred to a Reserve Group 'G' at Portsmouth but on 17th March she was brought out of Reserve and Lt John Blackburn DSC was appointed CO with the task of bringing Affray and the new ship's company up to operational status.
HMS Affray had been found lying on an even keel near the edge of the Hurd Deep on a bearing 228 degrees and 67 miles from St Catherine's lighthouse on the Isle of Wight.
The cause of Affray's loss is officially attributed to the sheered snort mast, which allowed water to flood throughout the 10in aperture, due to failure to shut the induction valve within the pressure hull.
www.submariners.co.uk /Dits/Articles/disaster.htm   (1844 words)

  
 Affray
Sports divers using new deep water techniques have reached the wreck of the Affray, the Royal Navy submarine in which 75 sailors lost their lives almost 50 years ago in a disaster that remains shrouded in mystery.
The divers were the first to see the wreck, which lies at about 270ft in one of the deepest parts of the Channel, since members of Royal Navy underwater recovery units in the early fifties.
The loss of the Affray caused a sensation when it was reported missing on April 17, 1951, a day after sailing from Portsmouth.
www.submariners.co.uk /Dits/Articles/affray.htm   (741 words)

  
 Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/affray
Mounted encounters by armored knights locked in desperate hand-to-hand combat, stabbing and wrestling in tavern brawls, deceits and brutalities in street affrays, balletic homicide on the dueling field--these were the martial arts of Renaissance Europe.
An Irish soldier was stabbed with a boar spear by a German mercenary in 1544 during an affray that followed Henry VIII's capture of Boulogne.
Affray comes from Old French esfrei, from esfreer, "to disquiet, to frighten."
dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2004/10/14.html   (82 words)

  
 Threat can be unperceived in proving an affray
It was stressed that the mere possession of a weapon was not enough without a threat in the circumstances of the sort to constitute affray.
The definition of ‘violence’ in affray is different from its definition for the purposes of other provisions of the Public Order Act 1986.
Where reliance is placed on a continuous course of conduct (as is often the case in affray— see also Woodrow (1959) 43 Cr App R 105 — and where it depends on the general nature and effect of the conduct as a whole), it is not necessary for particular incidents to be identified and proved.
www.rjerrard.co.uk /law/cases/expartem.htm   (1230 words)

  
 Affray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The first Affray (AMc-112)—a wooden-hulled, coastal minesweeper built in 1941 at Tacoma, Wash., by the Tacoma Boat Building Co.—was acquired by the Navy late in 1941 and was placed in service on 2 December 1941, Lt. R.
Her war diary does not begin until 1 July 1942, and, by that time, the warship was already at Kodiak conducting sweeps for mines and making other patrols on a daily basis.
Affray returned to Seattle in mid-October of 1945 and began preparations for inactivation.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a3/affray-i.htm   (162 words)

  
 HMS Affray
The Royal Navy located Affray 59 days after her loss in an epic search that involved the investigation of 161 shipwrecks in the search area before the submarine was found.
found Affray lying in a depth of 86m, 46miles south of Portland.
The wreck is in a very good state of preservation considering the 47 years she has been on the seabed.
website.lineone.net /~britannic98/prevexp/affray.htm   (635 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - Woodgate guilty of affray, Bowyer cleared in Leeds trial - Friday December 14, 2001 12:35 PM
Woodgate was cleared of causing grievous bodily harm and his teammate and co-defendant Lee Bowyer was found not guilty of affray and grievous bodily harm.
Caveney was found guilty of affray but cleared of causing GBH and also ordered to do 100 hours community punishment.
Woodgate's friend Clifford was found guilty of causing GBH and affray, and was sentenced to six years in jail by Mr Justice Henriques.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2001/12/14/woodgate_bowyer_ap   (1180 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/affraydnb
Affray has established himself as a promising new producer, celebrating his first drum and bass release in Summer 2005 alongside fellow Mancunian Zyon Base (Daniel Blishen).
Affray was one of the founders of long-running Manchester drum and bass event, Gutterfunk, where he was resident alongside DJ Poi (Gareth Morris) of www.nwdnb.co.uk.
Affray & Zyon Base continue to DJ and produce with lots of new work in the pipeline including forthcoming releases, watch this space...
www.myspace.com /affraydnb   (443 words)

  
 Gwynneth Bowen - Touching the Affray at the Blackfriars
The affray at the Blackfriars seems to have been the second incident—there is supposed to have been an earlier one in Lambeth Marsh, but this, as I hope to show, is a myth.
Among the minor actors, in that they have no speaking parts, but of major importance to the plot, are the Thames Watermen who, on 18th June 1582, seem to have been the chief purveyors of a rumour that there would be a fray at the Blackfriars between my Lord of Oxford and Master Knyvet.
It is generally assumed that Gastrill was wounded in the affray at Lambeth, but the place is not specified, and the witnesses were domiciled in, or near, Fleet Street...
www.sourcetext.com /sourcebook/library/bowen/19blackfriars.htm   (2743 words)

  
 SIMPSON v. THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
At the May term of the circuit court for the county of White, an indictment was found against the plaintiff in error, in substance as follows: The grand jurors for the state, etc., upon their oath, present that William Simpson,
On the part of the state, the attorney-general contends that the offence of an affray is sufficiently charged in and by the indictment.
In the charge in this indictment, which is assumed to amount to an affray by its constitution, the two first of the above requisites are wanting, to wit, fighting or actual violence, and the number of persons for the constitution of it.
www.guncite.com /court/state/13tn356.html   (1026 words)

  
 affray - Synonyms from Thesaurus.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, bickering, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, feud, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb*, riot, row, ruckus*, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle
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affray, altercation, beef, bickering, brawl, broil, castigation, commotion, controversy, dispute, disturbance, falling-out*, fracas, fray, fuss, knock-down-drag-out*, lecture, melee, noise, quarrel, racket, reprimand, reproof, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumpus, run-in*, scrap*, set-to*, shouting match*, squabble, talking-to*, telling-off*, tiff, tongue-lashing*, trouble, tumult, uproar, words*, wrangle
thesaurus.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/affray   (501 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Woodgate found guilty of affray
But the £10million-rated defender, who was cleared of causing grievous bodily harm, and team-mate Lee Bowyer, who was acquitted of GBH and affray, were left facing legal bills in excess of £1million each.
He told the pair that the maximum prison sentence permitted for the crime of affray was three years.
But he continued: 'The submission is well made that a young man of good character in ordinary circumstances would be most unlikely to lose his liberty for this crime as a first offence in an affray when no violence was carried out in the affray itself.
www.soccernet.com /england/news/2001/1214/20011214trialverdicts.html   (1248 words)

  
 USS Affray (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The second Affray (MSO-511) was laid down on 24 August 1955 at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, by Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc., launched on 18 December 1956; sponsored by Mrs.
Later in 1966, she participated in a succession of tests for such organizations as the Bureau of Ships the Mine Warfare School, the David Taylor Model Basin, and the Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility.
On 1 October 1981, after being based eight years at Portland, Affray was reassigned to Newport R.I. As of the end of 1986, she was training naval reservists from her base at Newport.
www.navyhistory.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Minelayer/Affray2.html   (346 words)

  
 Fatal Affray at Parlington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
From the date of his death, I was able to find the accounts of the affray in the newspapers of the time.
Early on the morning of the 29th April, an affray took place at Parlington between six poachers and the Park's gamekeepers as a result of which Peter Hills (one of the latter) received fatal injuries.
In court were five accused, Mark Hazlegrave, miner, Henry Bennett, labourer and George Rhodes, cloth dresser all of York Reed, Leeds; William Ball and Thomas Arundel, miners of Halton.
www.hjsmith.clara.co.uk /2630.htm   (1542 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for affray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The rivals kept Rome in an uproar until it ended (52 BC) in the death of
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "affray" at HighBeam.
Law report: Carrying dangerous weapons could be threat of violence for affray; 13 March 2001 I and others v Director of Public Prosecutions House of Lords (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Clyde, Lord Hutton, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough, Lord Scott of Foscote) 8 March.(Comment)
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=affray   (261 words)

  
 TIME.com: The Search for the Affray -- Sep. 24, 1951 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It had not been a diver who first spotted the missing vessel, but the sharp eye of an underwater television camera, peering about the rocky bottom of the English Channel.
The discovery of the Affray was the first practical application of underwater TV by the Royal Navy.
After two years of experimental tests, British scientists succeeded in mounting a TV camera in a watertight container specially welded to withstand high pressure at extreme depths, added a pipe frame containing powerful searchlights, and connected the apparatus to a salvage ship with a coaxial cable.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,821717,00.html   (492 words)

  
 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Affray - Wikisource
FFRAY in law, the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror (al' effroi) of the lieges.
159) adopts the English definition of affray, with the substitution of " actual disturbance of the peace " for " causing terror to the lieges." The Queensland Criminal Code of 1899 (sect.
This page was last modified 22:21, 26 August 2006.
en.wikisource.org /wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Affray   (255 words)

  
 affray - Definitions from Dictionary.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Etymology: Middle French affrai effrai fright, disturbance, from affraier effreer to terrify
affray was Word of the Day on December 29, 2001.
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 Synonym for affray - antonym for affray - Thesaurus - MSN Encarta
Synonym for affray - antonym for affray - Thesaurus - MSN Encarta
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 An Affray
AFFRAY BETWEEN GOVERNOR WISE AND HUGH R. Richmond, July 7, 1856.
The Governor then rose from his seat, approached Pleasants, and taking hold of him, endeavored to push him out.
We ask that users cite the source and support the archives that have provided materials to the Spirit site.
writing2.richmond.edu /spirit/archive/affray.html   (363 words)

  
 purevolume™ | GROSS AFFRAY
GROSS AFFRAY ARE A FIVE PIECE METAL OUTFIT RFOM FELIXSTOWE, UK.
All songs, lyrics and pictures © GROSS AFFRAY.
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www.purevolume.com /grossaffray   (52 words)

  
 affray - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary
In law, the fighting of two or more persons in a public place.
Affray, too, is being reanalyzed as "a fray" and is being replaced by fray.
In Play: The meaning of today's Good Word varies from that of an argument to that of a short fight.
www.alphadictionary.com /goodword/word/affray   (319 words)

  
 purevolume™ | The Affray
Hi my name is Fox, I play the bass and sing in Affray.
I love sound of the bass but I play the guitar too.
All songs, lyrics and pictures © The Affray.
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