The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
To detain a person in a manner that, to any reasonable person, makes it clear she is not free to leave.
Taking an adult or juvenile into physical custody by authority of law for the purpose of charging the person with a criminal offence or a delinquent act or status offence, terminating with the recording of a specific offence. Technically, an arrest occurs whenever a person’s freedom to leave is curtailed by a law enforcement officer.
The taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, especially in response to a criminal charge.
The taking of a person into custody and restraining them until they can be brought before a court to answer the charges against them.
The legal capture of a person charged with a crime.
Seizure of a vessel by legal authority. Several factors, including unpaid debt, may lead to a vessel being arrested.
"...taking a person into custody, in a case and in the manner authorized by law. An arrest may be made by a peace officer or by a private person." (P.C. 834)
When a person is taken into custody by a police officer and charged with a crime.
where the police take a person into their custody for the purpose of charging them with a criminal offence
A situation in which the police detain a suspect and it is clear the suspect is not free to leave, physical restraints such as handcuffs are not necessary.
Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority, for the purpose of holding him to answer a criminal charge.
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
a continuing act, based on reasonable and probable grounds a crime has been committed
a grave imposition on another person's liberty and should only be attempted if other options prove ineffective
an act of detaining a person who is reasonably suspected of having committed a criminal offence
a 'seizure' for Fourth Amendment purposes and is reasonable where there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been or is being committed
a "seizure" within the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable seizures
a law enforcement officer's detaining a person or otherwise leading that person to reasonably believe that he or she is not free to leave.
The taking of someone into police custody.
The taking of an individual into custody by law enforcement personnel for the purpose of charging them with an illegal act.
The taking of a person into custody by an officer of the law.
To take a person into custody for the purpose of charging the person with a crime.
The act of apprehending a person for the alleged commission of an offence or by the action of an authority.
To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
To deprive a person of liberty, through legal authority, by holding the individual in custody.
To seize and hold by legal authority.
To take a person suspected of committing a crime into custody so that he or she can be charged with committing the crime.
1 To apprehend; 2 To take the property of a debtor or defender in the hands of a third party.
The seizing of a person and detaining him/her in custody by lawful authority.
The legal apprehension of a person charged with a crime.
To take into custody by legal authority.
The procedure where a person is taken into police custody to be charged with a criminal offence or to be brought before a court, and must remain in police custody until they receive bail or until a court deals with their charges.• Children & Criminal Law• Criminal Courts• Drugs• Extradition• Personal Safety• Police Powers• Regulatory Offences• Street Offences• Warrants
To apprehend or take into custody a person suspected of having committed a crime. See ARREST, QUESTIONING AND BAIL.
The restraint and seizure of a person by a police officer in connection with a crime, in which the person is not free to leave.
the depriving a person of their freedom of movement with the intent to require the person to answer to criminal charges
Added - 09 Thu March 2006 An arrest is the lawful detention by a police officer.
The definition of "Arrest" from the About Crime Glossary....( Continue Reading)
To seize someone, usually because they are suspected of committing a crime, and take them into custody.
Moral restraint imposed on a person by oral or written orders of the competent authority limiting the person's personal liberty pending disposition of the charges.
Taking a person into custody for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer to a criminal charge.
The act of being taken into custody by the police.
When the police take a person into custody on probable cause with or without a warrant.
The detention of a vessel until the purpose of the arrest has been fulfilled.
the official detention of a person for a criminal trial
the process of taking a person accused of a crime into custody (jail) by a law enforcement officer.
To detain someone in legal custody.
The initial step in the criminal justice process, in which the state deprives a suspect of her freedom due to alleged violations of criminal law.
In Uniform Crime Reports terminology, all separate instances where a person is taken into physical custody or notified or cited by a law enforcement officer or agency, except those relating to minor traffic violations.
The actual number of persons arrested (both booked and taken into custody; cited, and released) for committing criminal acts.
The taking of a suspect into legal custody for the purposes of criminal prosecution.
A complaint is filed with the police by the school. The Principal or Administrator must swear out a complaint if arrest is warranted.
The taking of a person into the custody of the law, the legal purpose of which is to restrain the accused until he or she can be held accountable for the offense at court proceedings. The legal requirement for an arrest is probable cause. Arrests for investigation, suspicion, or harassment are improper and of doubtful legality. The police have the responsibility to use only the reasonable physical force necessary to make an arrest. The summons has been used as a substitute for arrest.
The taking of an adult or minor into physical custody or issuance of a citation by authority of law, for the purpose of charging the person with a criminal offense.
An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. In many legal systems, an arrest requires mere verbal information to persons that they are under arrest; the laying of hands or restraints upon the arrested person is usually not required to effect an arrest. Also, there are certain non-criminal arrests that allow for the seizure of representatives not present in the legislative body lacking a quorum, and the forfeiture of property.