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England and Wales

England and Wales is a jurisdiction within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom...

 criminal law

Criminal law

Criminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...

 a disorderly house is a house in which the conduct of its inhabitants is such as to become a public nuisance

Nuisance

Nuisance is a common law tort. It means that which causes offence, annoyance, trouble or injury. A nuisance can be either public or private. A public nuisance was defined by English scholar Sir J. F...

, or outrages public decency, or tends to corrupt or deprave, or injures the public interest; or a house where persons congregate to the probable disturbance of the public peace or other commission of crime. To persistently or habitually keep a disorderly house is an offence against the common law, punishable by fine or imprisonment.

Brothel

Brothel

Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...

s may be dealt with under statutory offences under sections 33 to 36 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956

Sexual Offences Act 1956

The Sexual Offences Act 1956 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the English criminal law relating to sexual offences between 1957 and 2004. It was mostly repealed by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which replaced it, but sections 33 to 37 still survive. The 2003 Act...

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History

There were formerly statutory provisions relating to disorderly houses under:

• the Disorderly Houses Act 1751
  Disorderly Houses Act 1751
  The Disorderly Houses Act 1751 is an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It made provision in relation to disorderly houses.Section 1 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867....
  
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• sections 1 and 2 of the Sunday Observance Act 1780
  Sunday Observance Act 1780
  The Sunday Observance Act 1780 was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain.This Act was affected by sections 1 and of the Common Informers Act 1951...
  
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Both acts have been repealed.