from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DISORDERLY HOUSE, crim. law. A house, the inmates of which believe so badly
as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood.
2. The keeper of such house may be indicted for keeping a public
nuisance. Hardr. 344; Hawk. b. 1, c. 78, s. 1 and 2 Bac. Ab. Inns, A; 1
Russ. on Cr. 298; 1 Wheel. C. C. 290; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 342; 2 Serg. & Rawle,
298; Bac. Ab. Nuisances, A; 4 Chit. BI.. Com. 167, 8, note. The husband must
be joined with the wife in an indictment to suppress a disorderly house.
Justice's Case, Law 16; 1 Shaw, 146. Vide Bawdy house; Ill fame.