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Riot Act

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Noun

1. riot act

a vigorous reprimand

Example Sentences:
'I read him the riot act'

2. riot act

a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Riot Act

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noun
1. criminal law
(formerly in England) a statute of 1715 by which persons committing a riot had to disperse within an hour of the reading of the act by a magistrate
2.  read the riot act to someone

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Riot Act

see synonyms of riot act
an English law, passed in 1715, providing that if twelve or more persons are unlawfully assembled and disturbing the public peace they must disperse on proclamation (reading the Riot Act) or be held guilty of felony

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Riot Act

see synonyms of riot act
n.
An English law, enacted in 1715 and repealed in 1973, providing that if 12 or more people unlawfully assemble and disturb the public peace, they must disperse after being read a specified portion of the law or be considered guilty of felony.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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