tumultuous assembly

tumultuous assembly
An assembly conducted with disorder, noise, and confusion. An assemblage of a thousand people in the main street of a city, obstructing the use of the street, discharging bombs, skyrockets, Roman candles, and other missiles loaded with powerful explosives, at private property, endangering life and preventing the use of the street for purposes of business, is a tumultuous assembly. Madisonville v Bishop, 113 Ky 106, 67 SW 269.

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