False Arrest - Law Dictionary Search Results

Cognizable offence

may, in accordance with the First Schedule or under any other law for the time being in force, arrest without warrant. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (c)]

self-defence, defense of others, defense of property, necessity (Choice of evils), the use of force to make an arrest, and the use of force by public authority, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871.

Justicies

Bl. Com. 36. As the sheriff could not, by this process, or the judgment to be obtained thereupon, arrest the defendant' body, but only take his goods, and as the cause might be removed at the defendant's

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Official secrets

to munitions of war, or which are used in such a place. There are special provisions as to arrest, the harbouring of spies, and the issue of search warrants. A Secretary of State may require the production

Knock-and-announce rule

knock at the door and announce their identity, authority, and purpose before entering a residence to execute an arrest or search warrant. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 878.

Seizure

possession of a person or property by legal right or process, esp., in constitutional law, a confiscation or arrest that may interfere with a person's reasonable expectation of privacy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1363. Merely

Bum-Bailiff

Bum-Bailiff, a person employed to dun one for a debt; the bailiff employed to arrest for debt. See BOUND-BAILIFFS.

Whitefriars

a place in London between the Temple and Blackfriars, which was formerly a sanctuary, and therefore privileged from arrest see ALSATIA

Undertaking

to Govt. of Haryana, (2002) 6 SCC 269. Means a going concern with all its rights, liabilities and arrest as distinct from the various rights and arrests which compose it, Shri Krishna Gyanoday Sugar Ltd. v. State

Special case

Court of oyer and terminer, gaol delivery, or quarter sessions, any question of law arises on motion in arrest of judgment (or even independently of such motion), which such Court finds too difficult for its determination, it

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