False imprisonment
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Any unlawful restraint of the person. False judgment: an Eng Ush writ issuing from one of the superior courts to correct error in a court not of record; v. Court, 39. False pretences: v. Larceny.