See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

BREACH OF THE See also:

• PEACE
• BREACH OF THE PEACE

PEACE  . Theoretically all criminal offences cognizable by See also:

• ENGLISH

English 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 involve a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, and all indictments whether for offences against the See also:

• COMMON

common law or by See also:

• STATUTE

statute conclude " against the peace of our See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord the king, his See also:

• CROWN

crown and dignity." Historically this phrase, now legally superfluous, represents the last trace of the See also:

• PROCESS

process by which the royal courts assume See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction over all offences, and gradually extruded the jurisdiction of the See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff and of lords of manors and franchises, making See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime a See also:

• MATTER

matter of See also:

• NATIONAL

national concern as distinguished from See also:

• CIVIL

civil wrongs or infractions of the rights of See also:

• LOCAL

local magnates, or of the rights of the tribal chiefs of the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic conquerors of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . The peace of the king was sworn on his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession or full recognition, and the jurisdiction of his courts to punish all violations of that peace was gradually asserted . The completion of this process is marked by the institution of the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the peace . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the expression " breach of the peace" is usually limited to offences involving actual tumult, disturbances or disorder . As regards such offences, although they do not fall into the class of See also:

• GRAVE

grave crimes described as felonies, See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police" and even private persons have larger See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers and duties, as to immediate See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest without waiting for judicial See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant, than they possess as to other See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor offences (see ARREST) . Justices of the peace have under See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early statutes and the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the peace See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to take sureties of the peace from persons who are threatening to commit a breach of the peace, and it is within the power of any See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court on conviction of any See also:

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

misdemeanour and of many felonies to require the offender to enter into a See also:

• RECOGNIZANCE (from Lat. recognoscere, to acknowledge)

recognizance (q.v.) to keep the peace .