Malicious Arrest
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A wanton arrest made without probable cause by a regular process and proceeding. See "Malicious Prosecution."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An arrest regularly made by authority of law, but without probable cause and with improper motive.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A wanton arrest made without probable cause by a regular process and proceeding. See False Impbisonment; Malicious Fkosecution.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An arrest made willfully and without probable cause,' but in the course of a regular proceeding.
Defined under Arrest in Black's Law Dictionary.