See Also: disturbance(medicine)
disturbance(dictionary)
disturbance(dictionary)
emotional disturbance(medicine)
DISTURBANCE, torts(law)
Disturbance Of Public Assembly(law)

disturbance (iou)



disturbance noun. ME.
[Old French desto(u)rbance, formed as DISTURB verb: see -ANCE.]
The interruption and breaking up of a settled condition or of proper functioning; agitation (physical or social); an instance of this, spec. a breach of the public peace. ME.
E. Jones Complicated disturbances of sight and speech.
Interference with the continuance of any action or process. ME.
Addison That he may let the ship sail on without disturbance.
Mental discomposure or excitement. LME.
Law. Interference with a right. L16.