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Keep the peace
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Keep the peaceTo avoid disturbing the peace; to prevent others from breaking the peace.
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Avoid
To make empty, put out of the way. To cause to be or become empty; to render useless or void; to make inoperative or of no effect; to nullify. As oppossed to: affirm, confirm.
Peace
The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum.
Breaking
Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same.
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Kitestringing
In Florida penitentiary slang, messages or bags of property sent from cell to cell via homemade string, thread or twine.
Kitty
In the US penitentiary slang, female officers.
Kitty kitty
In the US penitentiary slang, female officers.
Keelage
The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port or harbor. The money so paid is also called keelage.
Keels
This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals.
Keep the peace
Kentucky
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America.This state was formerly a part of Virginia, and the latter state, by an act of the legislature, passed December 18, 1789, "consented that the district of Kentucky, within the jurisdiction of the said commonwealth, and according to its actual boundaries at the time of passing the act aforesaid, should be formed into a new state."
Key
1) An instrument made for shutting and opening a lock. 2) Estates. A wharf at which to land goods from, or to load them in a vessel. This word is now generally spelled Quay, from the French, quai.
Key number system
A research aid developed by West Publishing Company which classifies digests of cases in to various law topics and subtopics which are given paragraph numbers called "Key Numbers." Each key number for a given topic helps the researcher quickly find all references to the legal matter being researched.
Keyage
A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf.
Kickback
A payment by a vendor to an employee at the request of the employee in order for the vendor to receive favorable treatment.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Avoid
To make empty, put out of the way. To cause to be or become empty; to render useless or void; to make inoperative or of no effect; to nullify. As oppossed to: affirm, confirm.
Peace
The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum.
Breaking
Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Kitestringing
In Florida penitentiary slang, messages or bags of property sent from cell to cell via homemade string, thread or twine.
Kitty
In the US penitentiary slang, female officers.
Kitty kitty
In the US penitentiary slang, female officers.
Keelage
The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port or harbor. The money so paid is also called keelage.
Keels
This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals.
Keep the peace
Kentucky
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America.This state was formerly a part of Virginia, and the latter state, by an act of the legislature, passed December 18, 1789, "consented that the district of Kentucky, within the jurisdiction of the said commonwealth, and according to its actual boundaries at the time of passing the act aforesaid, should be formed into a new state."
Key
1) An instrument made for shutting and opening a lock. 2) Estates. A wharf at which to land goods from, or to load them in a vessel. This word is now generally spelled Quay, from the French, quai.
Key number system
A research aid developed by West Publishing Company which classifies digests of cases in to various law topics and subtopics which are given paragraph numbers called "Key Numbers." Each key number for a given topic helps the researcher quickly find all references to the legal matter being researched.
Keyage
A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf.
Kickback
A payment by a vendor to an employee at the request of the employee in order for the vendor to receive favorable treatment.
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