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seizure<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>n<\/em>. (15c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The act or an instance of taking possession of a person or property by legal right or process, especially, in constitutional law, a confiscation or arrest that may interfere with a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The taking of a thing into possession, the manner of taking and whether such taking is actual a constructive depending upon the nature of the thing seized. 36 Am J2d Fort & P \u00a7 30<\/span>.\u00a0 Arresting and taking as a prisoner.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The taking of property into one’s possession.\u00a0 In this context, the term is usually associated with the act of a law enforcement officer in seizing evidence or contraband, or in attaching property under a writ.\u00a0 A law enforcement officer violates the<\/span> Fourth Amendment<\/a> if he carries out an unreasonable search and seizure<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. The act of arresting a person. [3]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[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]: 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

[3]:\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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