False arrest is a common law tort, where a plaintiff alleges they were held in custody without probable cause, or without an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
False Arrest
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false arrest
n. physically detaining someone without the legal right to do so.
false arrest - Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty, whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
false arrest Any unlawful physical restraint of another's liberty, whether in prison or elsewhere.
false pretenses Designed misrepresentation of existing facts or conditions, whereby a person obtains another's money or property.
False Arrest:
An arrest without sufficient evidence or cause by the police.
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False arrest
Definition
: an arrest made without legal authority
If a person is taken into custody, no matter how briefly, a false arrest is also false imprisonment.
Expanded Legal Definition of Faint Hope ClauseFalse Arrest The intentional and total confinement of a person against his will without lawful justification.
S 2680(h) provides that the government is not liable when any of its agents commits the torts of assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, libel, slander, misrepresentation, deceit, ...
People who are arrested and get the charges dropped, or are later acquitted, often think that they can sue the arresting officer for false imprisonment (also known as false arrest).
 See also: Arrest, Imprisonment, State, Authority, Person
  
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