False Imprisonment Definition

noun
Physical confinement of a person or interference with a person's liberty in violation of criminal or constitutional law.
American Heritage
Any unlawful detention or restraint of another person.
Webster's New World
The act of detaining or restraining another without proper legal authority; a false arrest.
Webster's New World Law

False Imprisonment Sentence Examples

  • In total, six men faced charges of conspiracy to blackmail, false imprisonment and gun possession.

  • Serious consequences including false imprisonment and the carrying out of the death penalty have resulted from poor transcription in the past.

  • The Lindos have taken out a civil case, charging the police with malicious prosecution, assault and false imprisonment.

  • However, in so doing, Lord Goff may have introduced a high degree of uncertainty to the previously perceived wisdom on false imprisonment.

  • She accused the supermodel of assault, battery and false imprisonment.

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