Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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affray
the fighting, by mutual consent, of two or more persons in some public place, to the terror of onlookers. ( the fighting must be mutual. if one person unlawfully attacks another who resorts to self-defense, the first is guilty of assault and battery, but there is no affray. -also termed fray."the word 'affray' comes from the same source as the word 'afraid,' and the tendency to alarm the community is the very essence of this offense." rollin m. perkins & ronald n. boyce, criminal law 479 (3d ed. 1982).
casual affray
see chance medley.
mutual affray
see mutual combat.