False Arrest - Law Dictionary Search Results
Felony
only remaining distinctions between a felony and a misdemeanour appear to be that there are larger powers of arrest in the case of felony; that it is a crime to conceal a felony (see MISPRISION); that felony
McNabb-Mallory rule
Criminal Procedure the doctrine that a confession is inadmissible if obtained during an reasonably long detention period between arrest and preliminary hearing. Because of the broader protections afforded under the Mioranda rule, the McNabb-Mallory rule is rarely
Music
having been discovered in Ex parte Francis, (1903) 1 KB 275; the Act of 1906 empowers constables to arrest, without warrant, sellers of music notified to the chief officer of police by the owners as copyright.
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Serjeant
Coif. Lord Lindley, d. 1921, was the last surviving Serjeant-at-Law. (2) Serjeants-at-arms, officers attending the sover-eign's person to arrest individuals of distinction offending, and give attendance on the Lord High Steward of England, sitting in judgment on
Accused of any offence
put on trial, whether or not at the time when he made the confessional statement, he was under arrest or in custody as an accused in that case or not, Bheru Singh v. State of Rajasthan, (1994)
Mesne process
IMPRISONMENT. By the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 1, the power of arrest upon mesne process was relaxed, and confined to the case of a debtor about to quit England, and
Breach of peace
a breach of the peace is imminent he may be justified in committing an assault or effecting an arrest; R.F.V. Heuston, Salmond on the Law of Torts, 131 (17th Edn., 1977). Means a disturbance of public peace
Capias
forthwith apprehended; see now the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), s. 6, abolishing arrest on mesne process; and see MESNE PROCESS.
Investigation
(i) proceeding to the spot; (ii) ascertainment of the facts and circumstances of the case; (iii) discovery and arrest of the suspected offender; (iv) collection of evidence relating to the commission of the offence which may consist
Intervention
intervene and appear as heretofore on filing an affidavit showing that he is interested in the res under arrest, or in the fund in the registry (ibid., r. 24). As to actions for the recovery of land,
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