False Imprisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
False imprisonment
Matched in: Term False imprisonment
false imprisonment
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Wrongous Imprisonment
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Imprisonment
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False pretence, obtaining property
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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 cause … McDonald v. Rooke, (1835) 2 Bing (NC) 217. See Addison on Torts; Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT; MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. 'Reasonable and probable cause' means a genuine belief, based on reasonable grounds, that the proceedings are
arrest
arrest NOTE: If a person is taken into custody, no matter how briefly, a false arrest is also false imprisonment. pre·text arrest [prē-tekst-] : the arrest of a person for a minor crime (as a traffic violation) for
imprison
imprison : to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n
Illegality
The quality or condition of being illegal unlawfulness as the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment also an illegal act
kidnapping
the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
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