2019 U.S. Virgin Islands Code
Title 14 - Crimes
Chapter 91 - Riots and Unlawful Assemblies
§ 1821. Riot defined
Universal Citation:
V.I. Code tit. 14, § 1821 (2019)
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- A riot is—
(1) any disturbance of the public peace by the use of force or violence to any other person or to property; or
(2) any threat or attempt to commit such disturbance or to do any unlawful act by the use of force or violence, when accompanied by immediate power of execution—
by three or more persons acting together and without lawful authority.
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