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investigatory detentions

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United States Supreme Court

Nothing is more clear than that the Fourth Amendment was meant to prevent wholesale intrusions upon the personal security of our citizenry, whether these intrusions be termed 'arrests' or 'investigatory detentions.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Davis v. Mississippi, 394 U.S. 721 (1969).