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SCOLD Definition & Legal Meaning

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A troublesome and angry wo- mau, who, by brawling and wrangling among her neighbors, breaks the public peace, increases discord, and becomes a public nui- sance to the neighborhood. 4 Steph. Comm. 270.

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