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(Scotland, law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.
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(dated) The act of arresting someone (taking them into legal custody).
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a person who is under arrest.
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One who places another under arrest.
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Alternative form of arrêt [(now historical) A formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.]
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(UK, law) A term in a tenancy agreement that allows the tenancy to come to an end before the stated date of termination. It may be enforced by either the landlord or the tenant.
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One who has been captured; one who is held in captivity.
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(obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
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Something that has been captured; a captive.
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A form filled in by a prisoner of war (pursuant to Article 70 of the Third Geneva Convention) so that their families etc. can be notified of their capture.
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The immigration policy of releasing illegal immigrants while they await a hearing, rather than detaining them.
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One who enters a caveat.
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(uncountable, law) The right of a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.
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(derogatory, slang, US) To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else.
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Temporary liberation from a prison, for the period of one day.
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Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
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The act by which someone is detained; detention.
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(civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
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(law) a court order authorising the detention of a person following his arrest or pending any procedural activity (interrogation, examination, trial, etc.).
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A person or thing detained; a detainee.
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(law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold.
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(law) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
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One who imposes an embargo.
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(obsolete) To undertake.
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An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
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(obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
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(law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
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(law) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; said of a forfeited recognizance.
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Obsolete form of excise. [A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).]
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The act of taking by assault; conquest.
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A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
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(US) The sending of untried criminal suspects to countries outside the USA for interrogation or imprisonment.
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(law, uncountable) The possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.
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release; deliverance; freedom
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(US, law) A judicial doctrine to strike down the claim of a party in the civil forfeiture action who had absconded on the criminal case.
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(colloquial, idiomatic, dated) To take legal action against someone.
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One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
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(obsolete, transitive) To pledge or pawn.
adj
(law, of an offence) Carrying a sentence of imprisonment.
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a prisoner; someone incarcerated
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An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.
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to commit a person to confinement in an institution
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One who is imprisoned or otherwise confined.
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(transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
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One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.
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To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
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(law, historical) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
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(law) The practice of detaining migrants or refugees upon arrival at a destination country.
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(transitive) To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v Arizona.
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(law, US, jargon) to read Miranda warning to the person being arrested
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Alternative form of Mirandize [(transitive, US, law) To inform someone who has been arrested of their constitutional rights.]
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(transitive, US, law) To inform someone who has been arrested of their constitutional rights.
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(obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.
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(transitive, obsolete, rare) Alternative form of oppignorate [(transitive, obsolete) To pawn; to lay in pledge.]
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(with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour.
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A person who is released on parole.
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(Australia, idiomatic) To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs.
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(law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, until compensation is made
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(law, historical) To charge with the offence of praemunire; to subject to the penalties of praemunire.
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(historical, law, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
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(law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
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(transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
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(law) A court order authorising the release of a detained or imprisoned person.
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(now rare) The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).
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A form of social or economic protest in which tenants who rent housing, commercial space, or other property act as a group to refuse to pay their rent until the landlord makes demanded improvements to the property or to the terms of the rental contracts.
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(law) The crime of obstructing or opposing a police officer who is making an arrest.
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Any thing or person that retains.
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(obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
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(now rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.
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the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
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Obsolete form of seizure. [The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.]
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Obsolete form of seizure. [The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.]
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Obsolete form of seizure. [The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.]
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(chiefly in the plural) Something seized.
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(obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
v
To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.
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Obsolete form of seizure. [The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.]
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(transitive) To take custody or possession of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand; to take as hostage.
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(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
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(US, law enforcement) The brief detention of a person by the police on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity but short of probable cause to arrest.
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(India, law) One who is currently on trial or who is imprisoned on remand whilst awaiting trial.
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The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
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A printed public announcement that the authorities want to apprehend a person for a crime; normally, a reward is offered.
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A prisoner's release from prison for set hours so he or she can work.
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