disorderly person. 1. A person guilty of disorderly conduct. [Cases: Disorderly Conduct 3. C.J.S. Disorderly Conduct § 7.] 2. A person who breaches the peace, order, decency, or safety of the public, as defined by statute. “Ordinarily, a person who is guilty of disorderly conduct is a ‘disorderly person,’ but where statutes define ‘a disorderly […]
disorderly persons 扰乱社会治安的人 因其不良行为或恶习而对社会治安、公共利益有危害性的人。这些人可成为违警法规〔police regulation〕制裁的对象。该术语主要规定于制定法中，且不同的地方法规有不同的规定。 (→vagrancy; disorderly conduct)
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disorderly house. 1. A dwelling where people carry on activities that are a nuisance to the neighborhood. [Cases: Disorderly House 1. C.J.S. Disorderly Houses § 2.] 2. A dwelling where people conduct criminal or immoral activities. • Examples are brothels and drug houses. — Also termed (more narrowly) bawdy house; house of prostitution; house of
vagabond (vag-[schwa]-bond), n. Archaic. A homeless wanderer without means of honest livelihood; VAGRANT. • This term became archaic over the course of the 20th century, as vagrants won the right not to be forcibly removed from cities in such cases as Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156, 92 S.Ct. 839 (1972). In the
vagrancy n. 流浪；流浪罪 普通法上指游手好闲者能够以劳动维持生计却不劳动，没有固定的住所和经济收入而依赖他人救济。流浪本身不是一种具体行为，而是某种身体状况。这是本罪的一个显着特点。传统上，流浪者指靠行乞和偷窃为生的懒人。英国早期普通法中，流浪者可被判处从烙刑、鞭刑到流刑的不同惩罚。后来制定法上将许多不端行为当作流浪处理。在1824年的《流浪法》〔Vagrancy Act〕中将无所事事者〔idle persons〕和妨害治安者〔disorderly persons〕及无赖〔rogues〕、流浪汉〔vagabonds〕和无可救药者〔incorrigible rogues〕总称为流浪者并加以区分。但该法后来被修正。美国各州制定法关于流浪罪的规定差异很大，有些制定法规定某一单独的行为即可构成流浪罪，由于其中规定流浪的概念含糊不清或借此惩罚了许多本不构成犯罪的行为，所以很多关于流浪罪的制定法被认为违宪。
vagrant, adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant; inclined to vagrancy. 2. Nomadically homeless. [Cases: Vagrancy 1. C.J.S. Vagrancy §§ 2–12, 22–27, 31–32, 35–37.] vagrant, n. 1. At common law, anyone belonging to the several classes of idle or disorderly persons, rogues, and vagabonds. 2. One who, not having a settled habitation,
bawd. Archaic. A person, usu. a woman, who solicits customers for a prostitute; a madam. See DISORDERLY HOUSE(2). Cf. PIMP. [Cases: Prostitution 1. C.J.S. Prostitution and Related Offenses §§ 2–4, 8–13, 17, 21–24.]
Peeping Tom. A person who spies on another (as through a window), usu. to gain sexual pleasure; VOYEUR. — Also termed peeper. [Cases: Disorderly Conduct 1. C.J.S. Disorderly Conduct §§ 2–5.]
voyeur (voy-y[schwa]ralso vwah-y[schwa]r), n. A person who observes something without participating; esp., one who gains pleasure by secretly observing another’s genitals or sexual acts. [Cases: Disorderly Conduct 1. C.J.S. Disorderly Conduct §§ 2–5.]