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apprehend

apprehend [Latin apprehendere to seize, arrest, from ad to + prehendere to seize] : arrest

Admiralty

has arisen, or the proceeds thereof, may be made available to meet the claim. As to warrants for arrest in Admiralty actions, the property is arrested on a warrant supported by affidavit (see R. S. C. Ord.

False imprisonment

public crime, but has also given a private reparation to the party as well by removing the actual confinement for the present by habeas corpus, as by subjecting the wrongdoer to an action of trespass, etc., usually

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prisoner

: a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody ;esp : one under arrest, awaiting trial, on trial, or serving a prison sentence

Imprison

To put in prison or jail To arrest and detain in custody to confine

arbitrary

of power [an government] b : marked by or resulting from the unrestrained exercise of power [protection from arrest and detention] 3 a : based on preference, bias, prejudice, or convenience rather than on reason or fact

stop

purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion see also terry stop compare arrest

Barratry

the master or crew, as deserting her, sinking her, or doing any act which may subject her to arrest, detention, loss, or forfeiture, etc. It is the practice in most countries to insure against barratry. Many foreign

Embargo

Embargo [fr. embargar, Sp.], a prohibition to pass; a stop, arrest, or detention of ships; a prohibition imposed in time of war by a belligerent state upon merchant ships

Felony

only remaining distinctions between a felony and a misdemeanour appear to be that there are larger powers of arrest in the case of felony; that it is a crime to conceal a felony (see MISPRISION); that felony

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