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disturbance  of  patronage.A  wrongful  obstruction  of  a  patron  from  presenting  a  clerk  to  a benefice. [Blacks Law 8th]

disturbance of franchise.At common law, a wrongful interference with a liberty or privilege. “Disturbance of franchises happens when a man has the franchise of holding a court-leet, of keeping a fair or market, of free-warren, of taking toll, of seizing waifs or estrays, or (in short) any other species of franchise whatsoever, and he is…

disturbance  of  common.At  common  law,  a  wrongful  interference  with,  or  impediment  to, another’s right to commonable property, such as a wrongful fencing or surcharge on the common. “The disturbance of common comes next to be considered; where any act is done, by which the right of another to  his common is incommoded  or diminished.  This…

disturbance of a public  meeting.The  unlawful interference  with the  proceedings  of a  public assembly. [Cases: Disturbance of Public Assemblage    1.C.J.S. Disturbance of Public Meetings § 3.] “Generally speaking, any conduct which, being contrary to the usages of the particular sort of meeting  and  class  of  persons  assembled,  interferes  with  its  due  progress  and  services,  or …

disturbance,n.1. An act causing annoyance or disquiet, or interfering with a person’s pursuit of a lawful occupation or the peace and order of a neighborhood, community, or meeting. [Cases: Breach of the Peace    1(3). C.J.S. Breach of the Peace § 4.] 2. At common law, a wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament by hindering the…

distringere  (di-strinj-<<schwa>>-ree),  vb.[Latin]  To  distrain;  to  coerce;  to  compel.  •  The first-person form of the verb was distringo (“I distrain”). [Blacks Law 8th]

distringas    nuper    vicecomitem    (di-string-gas    n[y]oo-p<<schwa>>r    vI-see-kom-i-t<< schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin “you are to distrain the late sheriff”] Hist. 1.A writ ordering a sheriff’s successor to distrain the former sheriff’s property until the former sheriff brings in a defendant to answer  the  plaintiff’s  charge,  sells  goods  attached  under  a  fieri  facias,  or  performs  some  other obligation that…

distringas juratores (di-string-gas joor-<<schwa>>-tor-eez), n.[Law Latin “you are to distrain the  jurors”]  Hist.  A  writ  ordering  the  sheriff  to  distrain  jurors  or  their  property  to  compel  their appearance before the judges of assize and nisi prius for jury duty on an appointed day. [Blacks Law 8th]

distringas (di-string-gas), n.[Law Latin “you are to distrain”] 1. A writ ordering a sheriff to distrain  a  defendant’s  property  to  compel  the  defendant  to  perform  an  obligation,  such  as appearing in court or giving up a chattel to a plaintiff awarded judgment in a detinue action. 2. A writ ordering  the  sheriff  to  seize jurors’ …

district school.See SCHOOL. [Blacks Law 8th]