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false imprisonment

restraining another by physical force or the threat of physical force without privilege or authority see also false arrest at arrest

fresh pursuit

1 : the immediate and continuous pursuit by police officers of a suspect who is fleeing to avoid arrest that under common law and some state codes gives the officers the right to cross jurisdictional lines in

Great Writ

Great Writ : habeas corpus ad subjiciendum at habeas corpus used with the

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attack

attack : an attempt to prove something invalid or incorrect esp. through judicial procedures [made an on the will as not properly witnessed] ;specif : an attempt to have the judgment of a court corrected or...

incident

of sexual harassment] 2 : a subordinate, dependent, or consequential element [the search was a legitimate to the arrest] [child support and other s of divorce] adj : having a subordinate or dependent relation to something specified

writ

writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process...

Admiralty

has arisen, or the proceeds thereof, may be made available to meet the claim. As to warrants for arrest in Admiralty actions, the property is arrested on a warrant supported by affidavit (see R. S. C. Ord.

Appropriate government

Government. [Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), s. 2(a)] Means, as respects a detention order made by the Central Government or a person detained under such order, the Central Government, and as

Attach

attaccare, It., to fasten], to take or apprehend by commandant or a writ or precept. It differs from arrest, because it takes not only the body, but sometimes the goods, whereas an arrest is only against the

Barratry

master or crew, as deserting her, sinking her, or doing any act which may subject her to arrest, detention, loss, or forfeiture, etc. It is the practice in most countries to insure against barratry. Many foreign jurists

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