Legal Term: DISORDERLY HOUSE

Definition: crim. law. A house, the inmates of which believe so badly as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood. 2. The keeper of such house may be indicted for keeping a public nuisance. Hardr. 344, Hawk. b. 1, c. 78, s. 1 and 2 Bac. Ab. Inns, A, 1 Russ. on Cr. 298, 1 Wheel. C. C. 290, 1 Serg. & Rawle, 342, 2 Serg. & Rawle, 298, Bac. Ab. Nuisances, A, 4 Chit. BI.. Com. 167, 8, note. The hushand must be joined with the wife in an indictment to suppress a disorderly house. Justices Case, Law 16, 1 Shaw, 146. Vide Bawdy house, Ill fame.

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