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Wilful disobedience

is by committal for contempt. A committal order may be made against a person who intentionally makes a false return to a writ of habeas corpus, but an unintentional misrepresentation on a return is not a ground

remand

(an accused) back into custody by court order (as pending trial) : turn (a prisoner) over for continued detention vi : to return a case to a lower court or other tribunal [the court ed for resentencing

prison

under state control for confinement of persons serving sentences for serious crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup, penitentiary

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Mentally ill prisoner

Mentally ill prisoner, means a mentally ill person for whose detention in, or removal to, a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, jail or other place of safe custody, an

Abduction

forcibly stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described as assault and false imprisonment. Where the person carried away is taken abroad the offence falls within the (English) Habeas Corpus Act,

Misdemeanour

Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1014. Misdemeanour, a crime less than felony, as perjury, obtaining money by false pretences, endeavouring to conceal a birth, and fradulently obtaining property on credit and not having paid for it … A crime that is less serious than a felony and is usually punishable by fine, penalty. Forfeiture or confinement in a place other than prison, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1014. Misdemeanour, a crime less than

Reasonable and probable cause

of action in an action for malicious prosecution and its existence is a defence to an action for false imprisonment. After the jury have found the facts, the question whether the facts show a reasonable and probable … probable cause, such grounds as justify any one in suspecting another of a crime and giving him in custody thereon. Its absence is one of the causes of action in an action for malicious prosecution and its

jail

the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, lockup, penitentiary, prison jail vt

possession

and control over a controlled substance or other contraband d in the civil law of Louisiana : the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct

Middlesex, Bill of

civil action other than actions real, provided the defendant was an officer of the Court, or in the custody of the marshal, or prison-keeper of the Court. in proceedings against prisoners or officers of the Court, the

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