Pretext Arrest - Law Dictionary Search Results

an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice [a of arrest] [by of commitment] administrative warrant : a warrant (as for an administrative search) issued by a judge upon

Peace, Breach of the

of the subjects of this kingdom. An ordinary subject of the Crown must act as a peace-officer to arrest an offender if a felony is committed, or a bad wound given in his presence; and an ordinary

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Bail

Bail [fr. bailler, Fr., to hand over], to set at liberty a person arrested or imprisoned, on security being taken for his appearance on a day and at a place certain, which

booking

booking : a procedure at a jail or police station following an arrest in which information about the arrest (as the time, the name of the arrested person, and the crime

seizure

evidence found in plain view] see also plain view b : the seizing of a person (as for arrest or investigation) see also arrest, stop compare search NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the

Justifiable homicide

officer or his assistant, in the due execu-tion of his office, either in a criminal or civil case, arrests, or attempts to arrest, a person who resists and who is killed in the struggle. (b) In case

Personal liberty

In England right to personal liberty means in substance a person's right not to be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of legal justification; secured by the strict maintenance

bail

reduce ] 3 : one who provides bail and is liable for the released prisoner's appearance [ may arrest or authorize arrest of principal "Code of Alabama"] jump bail : to flee the jurisdiction while released on

Attach

attaccare, It., to fasten], to take or apprehend by commandant or a writ or precept. It differs from arrest, because it takes not only the body, but sometimes the goods, whereas an arrest is only against the

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