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The following 9 entries include the term the peace.
justice of the peace
noun phrase: a local magistrate empowered chiefly to administer summary justice in minor cases, to commit for trial, and to administer oaths and perform marriages
commission of the peace
: a commission under the great seal constituting one or more persons justices of the peace
conservator of the peace
: an officer charged with maintaining the public peace or one having this power as an adjunct of another office
session of the peace
: a sitting of justices of the peace for the trial of cases or the exercise of other assigned powers —usually used in plural
warden of the peace
a breach of the peace
noun phrase: loud or violent behavior in a public place
breach of the peace
noun phrase: a charge of making a lot of noise or behaving violently in public : disorderly conduct
disturb the peace
idiom: to behave in a violent or noisy manner in public
the Peace Corps
noun: a U.S. organization that trains and sends people who work without pay to help poor people in other countries
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