False Arrest - Law Dictionary Search Results

Solicitation

a felony, although no felony be in fact committed, R. v. Higgins (1801) 2 East, 5. As to arrest by a constable, on view, of a prostitute 'loitering in any thorough fare or public place for the

Shakedown

an extortion of money using threats of violence or, in the case of a public officer, threats of arrest, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1379

Raid

Raid, means a sudden attack or invasion by law enforcement officers, usually to make an arrest or to search for evidence of a crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1266.

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trespassers may be required to quit the land and to tell their names and abodes on pain of arrest on refusal, and similar trespass with violence by five or more armed persons is punishable by fine up

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure

limit the class of persons who are competent to investigate into offences mentioned in the section and to arrest without a warrant. It does not mean that the whole of the CrPC, including schedule II thereof, is

Non-cognizable offence

offence for which, and 'non-cognizable case' means a case in which, a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (l)]

Municipality

by the incorporation of the people of a prescribed locality invested with the subordinate powers of legislation to arrest in the civil government of the state and to regulate and administer local and internal affairs of the

Messenger

sent with dispatches, foreign and domestic (now called King's Messengers). They were employed with the secretaries' warrants to arrest persons for treason, or other offences against the State, which did not so properly fall under the cognizance

Meditatio fug'

Meditatio fug'. A debtor in meditatione fug' (meditating fight) may, by the law of Scotland, be arrested by warrant obtained for that purpose. Scots Law. See ARREST ON MESNE PROCESS.

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