arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
...range of reasons ( see arrestable offence ). When an arrest is made, the accused must be told that he is being arrested and given the ground for his arrest. The arresting police officer has power to search the person he is arresting for any property that may be used in evidence against him. Anyone making or assisting in an arrest may use as much force as reasonable in the circumstances. Resisting lawful arrest may constitute the crime of assault or obstructing a police officer . A person who believes he has been wrongfully arrested may petition for habeas...
Arrest Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Law
... . An arrest occurs when a person is taken into custody, or forcibly restrained, by legal authority. Law enforcement officers, who are government employees such as local police officers and federal agents, make most arrests. These “government actor” arrests are often accompanied by searches that may uncover evidence to be used in the prosecution of criminal charges. Such a “search incident to arrest” is limited to the arrested person and that person's “wingspan.” Government actor arrests are also often followed by interrogation . Statements made under...
arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
...power to search the person he is arresting for any property that may be used in evidence against him. Anyone making or assisting in an arrest may use as much force as reasonable in the circumstances. Resisting lawful arrest may involve the crime of assault or obstructing a police officer. A person who believes he has been wrongfully arrested may petition for habeas corpus and may sue the person who arrested him for false imprisonment . See also bail ; caution ; citizen's arrest ; detention ; remand...
arrest Reference library
The New Oxford Companion to Law
...have been given ever greater arrest powers, both by the judges through development of the common law, and by the legislature. Thus warrants are now used only occasionally—eg if someone skips bail or escapes from prison—almost eliminating judicial control of the police power to arrest. The police can now arrest anyone reasonably suspected of committing a crime (or of being about to do so) or who is reasonably suspected of having done so in the past. Police can arrest in circumstances where, were they private citizens, the arrest would be unlawful. For...
arrest Reference library
Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)
...arrest Detention of a person by an investigating official or another citizen, using words or physical seizure. An arrest must be made on lawful grounds, for an arrestable offence, within the scope of the power of arrest (e.g. the criteria specified in Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) s 99). Former distinctions between arrestable and non-arrestable offences , and between offences for which police have power to arrest without warrant and offences for which an arrest warrant is required, grew out of common law principles...
cardiopulmonary arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Dentistry (2 ed.)
...cardiopulmonary arrest A failure of both the cardiac and respiratory...
cardiac arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
...arrest The heart stops beating. The most common cause is coronary heart disease. Other causes include respiratory arrest, electrocution, drowning, choking, and trauma. Cardiac arrest can also occur without any known cause. Brain death starts four to six minutes after cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest can be reversed if it is treated within a few minutes with an electric shock (defibrillation) to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat. The chances of survival reduce with every minute that passes without...
cardiac arrest Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
...arrest Cessation of the effective pumping action of the heart. During acardiac arrest, the heart may be beating rapidly without pumping any blood, or it may stop beating completely. Cardiac arrest is marked by an abrupt loss of consciousness and absence of breathing or...
metaphase arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Genetics (8 ed.)
...arrest referring to the accumulation of metaphase figures in a population of cells poisoned with colchicine, Colcemid, or some other spindle...
d’Arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (5 ed.)
...Arrest A comet with an orbital period of 6.51 years; perihelion date 1 August 2001 ; perihelion distance 1.346...
resisting arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
...arrest Taking any action to prevent one's arrest . A person may use reasonable force to resist an illegal arrest. If he resists a legal arrest, however, he lays himself open to a charge under s 89 of the Police Act 1996 of assaulting or obstructing a police officer, etc. in the course of his duty. The fact that the police officer was in plain clothes is no defence to such a charge. The House of Lords has ruled that it is the right and duty of every citizen to take reasonable steps to prevent a breach of the peace by detaining the offender....
cardiac arrest Quick reference
Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise (2 ed.)
...arrest The cessation of the effective pumping action of the heart. The heart may be beating rapidly without pumping any blood, or it may have stopped beating entirely. Cardiac arrest is marked by an abrupt loss of consciousness, and the absence of breathing and...
respiratory arrest n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Nursing (8 ed.)
...arrest n. cessation of breathing, which, without treatment, will very quickly be followed by cardiac arrest. It may result from airway obstruction, brain, spinal, or lung injury, overdose of certain medications (e.g. opioids), disease of the muscles and/or nerves necessary for breathing, or severe lung disease. Treatment includes clearance of any airway blockage and ventilatory...
resisting arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
...arrest Taking any action to prevent one’s arrest. A person may use reasonable force to resist an illegal arrest ( Christie v Leachinsky [ 1947 ] AC 573 (HL)). If he resists a legal arrest, however, he lays himself open to a charge of assaulting or obstructing a police officer in the course of his duty (Offences against the Person Act 1861 s 38, Police Act 1996 s 89). The fact that the police officer was in plain clothes is no defence to such a charge. The House of Lords has ruled that it is the right and duty of every citizen to take reasonable...
citizen's arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
...arrest An arrest by anyone other than a police officer . Under s 24A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (inserted by s 110, Serious Organized Crime and Police Act 2005), a person other than a constable has the power to arrest, without warrant , anyone who (a) has committed or is in the act of committing an indictable offence , or (b) whom the person reasonably suspects to have committed or to be committing such an offence. However, the power is only exercisable if it appears to the person making the arrest that (a) it is not...
thermal arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering (2 ed.)
...thermal arrest The constant-temperature section of a heating or cooling curve for a pure substance, or for alloys having eutectic or eutectoid compositions, that occurs when there is a phase change. It is applied particularly to...
crack arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering (2 ed.)
...crack arrest Crack propagation that stops of its own accord when the energy release rate of the loaded component or structure falls below a critical value. If predictable, it can be incorporated into structural-integrity...
cardiac arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Dentistry (2 ed.)
...cardiac arrest A complete cessation of heart function. It can result from a large number of causes including airway , breathing or circulatory problems, drugs , poisons, myocardial infarction , circulatory collapse, anaphylaxis , and respiratory arrest . Ineffective pumping action of the heart can occur when the ventricles of the heart beat very rapidly ( fibrillation ). Without prompt treatment, irreversible brain damage will occur. Management depends on the cause but initially is by commencing basic life support...
respiratory arrest Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
...arrest cessation of breathing, which – without treatment – will very quickly be followed by cardiac arrest . It may result from airway obstruction, brain or spinal injury, overdose of certain medications (e.g. opioids), disease of the muscles and/or nerves necessary for breathing, or severe lung disease or injury. Treatment must be prompt and include clearance of any blockage in the airway and ventilatory support, for example by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...
respiratory arrest Quick reference
A Dictionary of Dentistry (2 ed.)
...respiratory arrest Cessation of breathing. It may be due to airway obstruction, brain or spinal injury, drug overdosage, or disease or trauma to the lungs, muscles, or nerves necessary for breathing. Treatment includes removal of any airway blockage and establishing ventilatory support as quickly as...
