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Admiralty

to warrants for arrest in Admiralty actions, the property is arrested on a warrant supported by affidavit (see R. S. C.

Abscond

in which before the Act the debtor might have been arrested on 'mesne process,' the plaintiff may procure the defendant to

Miranda rights

of which an arresting officer must advise the person being arrested see also Miranda v. Arizona in the Important Cases section

booking

about the arrest (as the time, the name of the arrested person, and the crime for which the arrest was made)

Meditatio fug'

fug' (meditating fight) may, by the law of Scotland, be arrested by warrant obtained for that purpose. Scots Law. See ARREST

Escape

out of some lawful restraint; as where a man is arrested or imprisoned, and gets away before he is delivered by

Identitate, or idemptitate nominis

ancient and obsolete writ that lay for one taken and arrested in any personal action and committed to prison for another

Imprisonment

no person shall, after the commencement of this Act, be arrested or imprisoned for making default in payment of a sum

Made his appearance

as thus: 'From the date on which the accused was arrested or made his appearance'. The purpose of the sub-s. (5)

Manucaptio

to be admitted to bail, when the person had been arrested for a felony but could not be admitted to bail

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