DISORDERLY See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

HOUSE  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in which the conduct of its inmates is such as to become a public See also:

• NUISANCE (through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, to hurt)

nuisance, or a house where persons congregate to the probable disturbance of the public See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace or other See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, by the Disorderly Houses See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1751, the See also:

• TERM

term includes See also:

• COMMON

common bawdy houses or brothels,' common gaming houses, common betting houses and disorderly places of entertainment . The keeping of such is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour punishable by See also:

• FINE

fine or imprisonment, and in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a brothel also punishable on See also:

• SUMMARY

summary conviction by the Criminal Law See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

Amendment Act 1885; the letting out for gain for indiscriminate See also:

• PROSTITUTION (from Lat. prostituere, to expose publicly)

prostitution of a See also:

• ROOM

room or rooms in a house will make it as much a brothel in law as if the whole house were let out for the purpose . Where, however, a woman occupies a house or room which is frequented by men for the purpose of committing fornication with her, she cannot be convicted of keeping a disorderly house . See also PROSTITUTION .