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False imprisonment

Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The unlawful arrest and detention of one’s person with or without warrant or other process, or an unlawful restraint upon his person, or control over the freedom of his movements by force or threat.

See 37 Utah, 116, Ann. Cas. 1912B, 1366, 26 L. R. A. (N. S.) 953, 106 Pac. 653. See, also, 54 Am. Dec. 258, note.