Chapter 10

Question 1

Breach of Peace

Answer 1

Any unlawful activity that unreasonably disturbs the peace and tranquility of the community

Question 2

Fighting Words

Answer 2

Words, that by their very utterance, inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of peace.

Question 3

Disorderly Conduct

Answer 3

Specific, purposeful, and unlawful behavior that tends to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm.

Question 4

Affray

Answer 4

A fight between two or more people in a public place to the terror of others

Question 5

Prize Fighting

Answer 5

Unlawful public fighting undertaken for the purpose of winning an aware or prize

Question 6

DWI

Answer 6

Unlawfully operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol

Question 7

DUI

Answer 7

Unlawfully operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (or both)

Question 8

Public Drunkenness

Answer 8

Offense of being in a state of intoxication in a place accessible to the public

Question 9

Unlawful Assembly

Answer 9

A gathering of three or more people for the purpose of doing an unlawful act or for the purpose of doing a lawful action in a violent, boisterous, or tumultuous manner

Question 10

Rout

Answer 10

The preparatory stage of a riot

Question 11

Riot

Answer 11

A tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three or more people assembled of their own authority.

Question 12

Inciting a Riot

Answer 12

Use of words or other means to intentionally provoke a riot.

Question 13

Lynching

Answer 13

The taking, by means of riot, of any person from the lawful custody of a peace officer.

Question 14

Rescuing a Prisoner

Answer 14

Crime that is committed when one or more people rescue or attempt to rescue any person being held in lawful custody

Question 15

Disturbance of public assembly

Answer 15

A crime that occurs when one or more people act unlawfully at a public gathering collected for a lawful purpose in such a way as to purposefully disturb the gathering.

Question 16

Vagrancy

Answer 16

Under common law, the act of going about from place to place by a person without visible means of support, who was idle, and who, though about to work for his or her maintenance, refused to do so and lived without labor or on the charity of others.

Question 17

Vagrant

Answer 17

A wanderer; an idle person who was being able to maintain him-or herself by lawful labor, either refuses to work or resorts to unlawful practices, such as begging, to gain a living. Also called a vagabond

Question 18

Status

Answer 18

A persons state of being

Question 19

Loitering

Answer 19

Act of delaying, lingering, or idling about without a lawful reason for being present.

Question 20

Concealed Weapon

Answer 20

Weapon that is carried on or near one’s person and is not discernible by ordinary observation.

Question 21

Rebellion

Answer 21

Deliberate, organized resistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject of that government.

Question 22

ESPIONAGE

Answer 22

Unlawful act of spying for a foreign government

Question 23

Sedition

Answer 23

Crime that consists of a communication or agreement intended to defame the government or to incite treason

Question 24

Perjury

Answer 24

Willful giving of false testimony under oath in a judicial proceeding. Also, false testimony given under any lawfully administered oath.

Question 25

Subornation of perjury

Answer 25

Unlawful procuring of another person to commit perjury

Question 26

Criminal Contempt

Answer 26

Deliberate conduct calculated to obstruct or embarrass a court of law. Also, conduct intended to degrade the role of a judicial officer in administering justice.

Question 27

Obstruction of Justice

Answer 27

Unlawful attempt to interfere with the administration of courts, the judicial system, or law enforcement officers or with the activities of those who week justice in a court or whose duties involve the administration of justice.

Question 28

Resisting Arrest

Answer 28

Crime of obstructing or opposing a peace officer who is making an arrest

Question 29

Escape

Answer 29

Unlawful leaving of official custody or confindment without permission.

Question 30

Bribery

Answer 30

Offense of giving or receiving a gift or reward intended to influence a person in the exercise of a judicial or public duty.