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Preventive detention

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Period of detention

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Punitive detention

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Arrest of judgment

Arrest of judgment, Formerly an unsuccessful defendant might move that the judgment for the plaintiff be arrested or withheld,

Wrongful detention and wrongful confinement

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pretextual arrest

pretextual arrest : pretext arrest at arrest

Arrest of ship

Arrest of ship. The arrest of a ship is the method employed for enforcing an Admiralty process in rem.

Parol arrest

Parol arrest. Any justice of the peace may, byword of mouth, authorize any one to arrest another who is guilty

Date of detention under the order

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Arrest warrant

Arrest warrant, means a warrant, issued only on probable cause, directing a law-enforcement officer to arrest and bring a

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