False imprisonment

False Imprisonment
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FALSE IMPRISONMENT - Any intentional detention of the person of another not authorized by law is false imprisonment.

false imprisonment
n. depriving someone of freedom of movement by holding a person in a confined space or by physical restraint including being locked in a car, driven about without opportunity to get out, ...

false imprisonment - Intentionally restraining another person against their will without the legal right to do so. Physical force is not necessary; threats or a show of apparent authority are sufficient.

FALSE IMPRISONMENT. torts. Any intentional detention of the person of another not authorized by law, is false imprisonment. 1 Bald. 571; 9 N. H. Rep. 491; 2 Brev. R. 157.

false imprisonment
Confinement of a person without legal permission.
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false imprisonment
Intentionally restraining another person without having the legal right to do so. It's not necessary that physical force be used; threats or a show of apparent authority are sufficient.

False imprisonment
Definition - Noun
: the tort of intentionally restraining another by physical force or the threat of physical force without privilege or authority
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Expanded Legal Definition of False ArrestFalse Imprisonment Intentional and total imprisonment of a person against his or her will and without lawful justification.

The general tendency today is to rule that the breach of any duty constitutes a tort, rather than to rule that an alleged tort must fit into some previously recognized variety, such as assault, false imprisonment, or libel.

Kidnapping is the taking away of a person against the person's will, by "Force" or "Fraud" usually to hold the person in "False Imprisonment." False imprisonment is a confinement of a person without consent or legal authority.

Violated by false imprisonment. The right forbids that a man be excluded from his country unless by sentence of law. 3 Bl. Com 127; 1 id. 124, 137. License.

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Torts include wrongs such as negligence, nuisance, defamation, false imprisonment and trespass.
Tortfeasor: Person who commits a tort.

An included crime is false imprisonment. Any harm to the victim coupled with kidnapping can raise the degree of felony for the injury and can result in a capital (death penalty) offense in some states, even though the victim survives.

(3) Either party has a right to a jury in actions of slander, libel, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, seduction or breach of promise of marriage, upon notice without order; (4) or in any other action, by order.

See also: Imprisonment, Law, Person, State, Cause