Usually means: Public fights disturbing the peace.
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  2. affrays: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. affrays: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. affrays: Wiktionary
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  1. affrays: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (affray)

verb:  (archaic, transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
verb:  (archaic, transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
noun:  The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
noun:  A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
noun:  The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
noun:  (obsolete) Terror.
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