Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

altercation

a vehement dispute; a noisy argument.altercation the traditional view is that this word refers to 'a noisy brawl or dispute,' not rising to the seriousness of physical violence .... but in ame, the word now often denotes some type of scuffling or fighting, especially in police jargon." bryan a. garner, a dictionary of modern american usage 34 (1998).