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false arrest<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> An arrest made without proper legal authority.\u00a0<\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The unlawful restraint and\/or<\/span>\u00a0imprisonment<\/a>\u00a0of a person and an illegal arrest.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The unlawful restraint by one person of the physical liberty of another under an asserted legal authority to enforce the processes of the law.\u00a0 22 Am J2d False Imp \u00a7\u00a7 1, 2<\/span>.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An arrest made by a person with no legal authority to do so.\u00a0 False arrest is both<\/span> a tort and a crime<\/a>, and is a form of false imprisonment<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> [3]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Various Federal Laws
\nPertaining to False Arrest:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10 U.S.C. (UCMJ) \u00a7 897. Art. 97 <\/span><\/span>– <\/span>Unlawful detention<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

25 U.S.C. \u00a7 11.404 – False imprisonment<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To help determine if you or someone you know may have been a victim of a false arrest, read the following article:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Arrest<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\nLawful or Unlawful?<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Related Supreme Court Rulings:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wallace v. Kato<\/em> (2007)<\/span><\/a> – for false arrest<\/a> cases, the statute of limitations begins to run on the date of the arrest – not at the end of the criminal trial.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Black’s Law Dictionary\u00a0Second Edition Online,\u00a0<\/em>“FALSE ARREST”:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/thelawdictionary.org\/false-arrest\/<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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