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stop and frisk statute

frisk statute : a state law that allows a police officer to stop any person without making an arrest based on a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime

Benefit of clergy

Benefit of clergy [privilegium clericale, Lat.], an arrest of judgment in criminal cases. The origin of it was this: Princes and states, anciently converted to Christianity,

Accused

been blamed for wrongdoing; specifically a person who has been subjected to actual restraints on liberty through an arrest or a person against whom a formal indictment or information has been returned, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

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Bench warrant

15 Vict. c. 100). The practice of issuing a warrant by a Court of Record for the immediate arrest and production before the Court of any indicted person is old established. See Archbold's Crim. Pract., Chitty's Statutes,

Bail-bond

Bail-bond, an instrument prepared in the sheriff's office after an arrest, executed by two sufficient sureties and the person arrested, and conditioned for his causing special bail to be

Armour and arms

the peace to disperse any assembly of persons that he may find engaged in such occupation and to arrest any of the persons present. As to the restriction on carrying and possessing firearms, see (English) Firearms Acts,

Apprehension

Apprehension [fr. appreendere, Lat., to seize], the capture of a person upon a criminal charge. See ARREST.

Ambassador

94; Musurus Bey v. Godban, 1894 (2) QB 352). Ambassadors and their domestic servants are protected from civil arrest and their goods from seizure under distress or execution by the (English) Diplomatic Privileges Act, 1708 (7 Anne,

Act of State

of State for India, 6 Bom LR 131; Virendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1955 SCR 415. The arrest of an alien enemy under Defence (General) Regulations, 1939 is not an act of State, Hirsch v.'Somervell, 62

Accessary, or Accessory

An accessory who knows that a crime has been committed and who helps the offender try to escape arrest or punishment. As to the trial and punishment of accessories:-By the (English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861, an

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