Affray - Wikipedia In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of one or more persons in a public place to the terror (in French: à l'effroi) of ordinary people
Affray: Legal Definition and How Its Prosecuted What is affray? Affray is a public order offence in the UK where a person uses or threatens unlawful violence in a way that would cause a reasonable bystander to fear for their safety
Public Order Act 1986 - Legislation. gov. uk (1) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for