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a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
ROUT, crim. law. A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together
with an intention to do a thing, which, if executed, would have made them
rioters, and actually making a motion towards the execution of their
purpose.
2. It generally agrees in all particulars with a riot, except only in
this, that it may be a complete offence without the execution of the
intended enterprise. Hawk. c. 65, s. 14; 1 Russ. on Cr. 253; 4 Bl. Com. 140;
Vin. Abr. Riots, &c., A 2 Com. Dig. Forcible Entry, D 9.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.