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police force : a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime ...
Police
Police [fr., Gk., a city], the regulation and govern-ment of a country or city; the constabulary of a locality. The police forces now consist of Country, Borough (these may be consolidated, see 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88, s. 14, and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69, s. 20), Metro-politan, City of London, and River Forces, e.g., Tyne, Manchester Ship Canal, Mersey and Wear; and Railway Police. As to the liability of a local authority for a tort committed by a member of its police force, see Stanbury v. Exeter Corporation, (1905) 2 KB 838. See CONSTABLE; METRO-POLITAN POLICE; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Police' and 'Police (Metropolis).'...
force
force 1 : a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force : a force that acts after another's negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another : intervening cause at cause irresistible force : an unforeseeable event esp. that prevents performance of an obligation under a contract : force majeure 2 : a body of persons available for a particular end [the labor ] ;specif : police force usually used with the 3 : violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing constructive force : the use of threats or intimidation for the purpose of gaining control over or preventing resistance from another dead·ly force : force that is intended to cause or that carries a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury compare nondeadly force in this entry NOTE: As a general rule, deadly force may be used without incurring criminal or tort liability when one reasonably believes that one's life or safety is in da...
police
police po·liced po·lic·ing : to control, regulate, or keep in order esp. as an official duty [ the area] n pl: police 1 : the control and regulation of affairs affecting the order and welfare of a political unit and its citizens 2 a : the department of a government or other institution that maintains order and safety and enforces laws b : police force c pl : the members of a police force ...
Force
Force, 'Force' means the Border Security Force, See also Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992 (35 of 1992); Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968). [Border Security Force Act, 1968 (4 of 1968), s. 2(1) (l)]Power, violence or pressure directed against a person or thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 657....
Special juvenile police unit
Special juvenile police unit, means a unit of the police force of a State designated for handling of juveniles or children under s. 63. [Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (56 of 2000), s. 2(w)]...
Member of the Force
Member of the Force, means an officer, a subordinate officer, an under-officer or other enrolled person. [Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992, (35 of 1992), s. 2(1)(p)]...
Constable
Constable [fr. Comes stabuli, Lat., in the eastern empire a superintendent of the imperial stables, or the emperor's master of the horse, who at length obtained the command of the army], an officer to whom our law commits the duty of maintaining the peace, and bringing to justice those by whom it is infringed.Provision is made for the abolition of the office of High Constable by the (English) High Constables Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 67), and of that of Parish Constable by the Parish Constables Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 92), which Act, however, still allows of their appointment in exceptional cases.By the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 191, in all boroughs to which that Act applies, 'borough constables' are appointed by the Watch Committee, but the (English) Local Government Act,1888, has, in the case of boroughs having a population of less than 10,000 transferred the appointments to the county councils.In counties constables were appointed by the justices of the pe...
Active duty
Active duty, in relation to a person subject to this Act, means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of Force-(i) which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (ii) which is operating at a picket or engaged on patrol or other guard duty along the borders of India, and includes duty by such person during any period declared by the Central Government by notifica-tion in the Official Gazette as a period of active duty with reference to any area in which any person or class of persons subject to this Act may be serving. [Border Security Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1)(a)]Means the duty to restore and preserve order in any local area in the event of any disturbance therein. [Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949), s. 2 (a)]Means, in relations to a person subject to this Act means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of the For...
Musician, London
Musician, London. The (English) Metropolitan Police Act, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 55, 'Bass's Act' [Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Police (Metropolis)'], repealing and strengthening the provisions of s. 57 of the (English) Metropolitan Police Act, 1839, enacts that any householder within the metropolitan police district, personally, or by his servant, or by any police constable, may require any street musician or street singer to depart from the neighbourhood of the house of such householder, on account of the illness, or on account of the interruption of the ordinary occupations or pursuits of any inmate of such house, or for other reasonable or sufficient cause;And every person who shall sound or play upon any musical instrument or shall sing in any thoroughfare or public place near any such house after being so required to depart, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings, or, in the discretion of the magistrate before whom he shall be convicted, may be imprisoned for an...
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