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false imprisonment [2 records]

Record 1 2015-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

Both a common law crime and a tort, consists in unlawfully and either intentionally or recklessly restraining another's freedom of movement from a particular place, which may be a house, or hotel, or vehicle and need not be a prison. It must be a total restraint for a time, however short, not merely a partial restriction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Détention illégale d'une personne.

OBS

séquestration : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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