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<blockquote data-quote="xenturion1" data-source="post: 3008813" data-attributes="member: 124897"><p>The term "Reading the Riot Act" comes from the 1715 Riot Act, which made it a capital offence (could be killed for it) for a group of 12 or more people to meet together. Any such meeting was called a riot.</p><p></p><p>The Riot Act would be read out by a constable or magistrate in coofftopicnd of either more constables or soldiers. If the group did not split up, they would be split by force as happened at Peterloo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xenturion1, post: 3008813, member: 124897"] The term "Reading the Riot Act" comes from the 1715 Riot Act, which made it a capital offence (could be killed for it) for a group of 12 or more people to meet together. Any such meeting was called a riot. The Riot Act would be read out by a constable or magistrate in coofftopicnd of either more constables or soldiers. If the group did not split up, they would be split by force as happened at Peterloo. [/QUOTE]
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