Usually means: Unlawful detention without legal justification.
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  1. false arrest: Merriam-Webster
  2. false arrest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. false arrest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  4. false arrest: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. false arrest: Dictionary.com
  6. False arrest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. false arrest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. false arrest: Wiktionary

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  1. false arrest: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. false arrest: Legal dictionary
  4. false arrest: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (false arrest)

▸ noun:  (law) The act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.

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Arbitrary arrest and detention, false imprisonment, arrest, citizen's arrest, arrest warrant, malicious prosecution, kidnapping, battery, abuse of process, probable cause, more...

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Arbitrary arrest and detention, false imprisonment, arrest, citizen's arrest, arrest warrant, malicious prosecution, kidnapping, battery, abuse of process, probable cause, more...



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