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false imprisonment

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false imprisonment
n.
Detention or imprisonment of a person contrary to the provisions of law.
false imprisonment
n
(Law) Law the restraint of a person's liberty without lawful authority
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Noun1.false imprisonment - (law) confinement without legal authority
internment, imprisonment - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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You shall have an action for false imprisonment, and make a profit of this, yet.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
I'll give directions for the commencement of an action for false imprisonment against this Captain Boldwig, directly I get to London,' said Mr.
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