False Arrest - Law Dictionary Search Results
Hue and Cry
be ready and appareled at the command of the sheriff, and at the cry of the country to arrest a felon,' and in default 'shall on conviction be liable to a fine.' But if a man wantonly
General warrant
General warrant, A process from the Secretary of State, to arrest (without naming any person) the author, printer, and publisher of such libels as were specified in it. It
Gamekeepers
who have not been appointed in accordance with this Act; those appointed under the Act have powers of arrest, while others have not.
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Fugitive
1. A person who flees or escape; a refuge 2. A criminal suspects who flees evades, or escapes arrest prosecution, or imprisonment, esp. by fleeing jurisdiction or by hiding, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 680.
Firearms
24 Geo. 5, c. 50), makes the use or attempted use of firearms or imitation firearms to avoid arrest punishable with a maximum of fourteen years penal servitude, and also for being in possession of such firearms
Fresh suit, or Pursuit
a police officer to make a warrantors search of a fleeing suspect or to cross jurisdictional lines to arrest a fleeing suspect, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 677.
Fare
the carriages used, and avoiding payment of them is punishable by fine up to 40s. with liability to arrest. As to fares on public service vehicles, see (English) Traffic Acts, 1930, s. 72, and 1934, s. 40.
Drugs, Dangerous
Council may only be imported or exported by license: their manufacture and sale are regulated. Wide powers of arrest are given to the police and severe penalties provided for offenders against these Acts. The (English) Extradition Act,
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)
their own behalf. The Act is amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act,1912, which empowers a constable to arrest without a warrant any person offending against the Act of 1885, provides the flogging offenders, and maks better
Coney
See s. 31 of the (English) Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32), as to arrest of trespasser in pursuit of 'game or woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or coneys,' if he refuses to quit
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