ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL
\ɐsˈɛmblɪ], \ɐsˈɛmblɪ], \ɐ_s_ˈɛ_m_b_l_ɪ]\
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In criminal law. The assembling of three or more persons together to do an unlawful act, who separate without actually doing it, or making any motion towards it. 3 Inst. 176; 4 Bl. Comm. 146. It differs from a riot or rout, because in each of the latter cases there is some act done besides the simple meeting. See State v. Stalcup, 23 N. C. 30, 35 Am. Dec. 732; 9 Car. & P. 91, 431; 5 Car. & P. 154; 1 Bish. Crim. Law,
By Henry Campbell Black
