resisting arrest Reference library
Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)
...resisting arrest Prevention or obstruction of a police officer or other authorised person from arresting one. Every citizen has the right to be free from arrest, and to resist arrest, unless a police officer or other citizen is lawfully making the arrest. If the arrest is lawful, resisting arrest may be an offence, particularly when an assault or use of a weapon is involved: e.g. Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s...
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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....
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...
resisting arrest
Policing Reference library
An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...the immediate postwar period, it resisted initial moves to reduce the number of capital crimes, and it defended their narrow electoral base against calls for *parliamentary reform and *Catholic emancipation . The opposition to a paid police was mainly a fear of the consequences of a police in the hands of a potentially over-mighty central government. Back-bench country squires, in particular, felt that the defence of their own liberties and privileges—especially their autonomous local powers as JPs—required them to resist a government-run police, and they...
The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster Reference library
Randall Martin, Will Sharpe, and Anthony Davies
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2 ed.)
...of Court. He arrests Lord Say, charging him with corrupting the country through education, literacy, and print. Say defends himself eloquently and his words touch even Cade, but he and his son-in-law are beheaded and their heads made to kiss on poles. 4.8 The rioters are confronted by Old Clifford and Buckingham, who offer Henry’s pardon to those who will disperse, invoking the patriotic memory of Henry V’s French conquests. Cade flees. 4.9 Henry pardons the rebels. York is reported to have returned from Ireland with his army, demanding the arrest of Somerset....
Revolution Reference library
An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...about) a situation in which the financial, manpower, and logistic strains on the nation were such that it became unclear whether the will to resist a French invasion or to continue the fight with the French could be sustained. The radicals, by the end of the decade, for the most part saw things in these terms. They had to rely on there being such widespread anti-government feeling that an invasion would not be resisted; and they had therefore to plan, not on a ground-swell of revolutionary fervour sufficient to topple the government, but on a successful French...
All’s Well That Ends Well Reference library
Michael Dobson, Will Sharpe, and Anthony Davies
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2 ed.)
...he agrees that if it succeeds he will grant her any husband in his power. 2.2 The Countess sends Lavatch to court with a letter for Helen. 2.3 The fully restored King calls together all his lords for Helen to make her choice of bridegroom: she picks Bertram, who indignantly resists the idea of marrying a poor physician’s daughter. The King compels him, however, to go through an immediate wedding ceremony: meanwhile Lafeu scoffs at Paroles’s pretensions to courage and social status. Returning from his enforced wedding, Bertram tells Paroles he means to send...
Law Reference library
An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...the stated necessity to protect ‘the people's rights’ by statute. Indeed, when defending these measures, the Prime Minister, William *Pitt , was ultimately forced into the absurd position of claiming that statutes themselves had rights: We trust whatever attempts may be made to resist their operation, the power of the laws themselves will be found sufficient to defeat them and to vindicate their rights. As historian E. P. Thompson has shown, many of the working men who had believed in the rule of law and the ancient constitution as the guarantors of their...
Introduction: Muslim Activist Intellectuals and Their Place in History Reference library
John L. Esposito and John O. Voll
Makers of Contemporary Islam
...to Muslim intellectuals: The tension between the intellectuals and the powers—their urge to submit to authority as the bearer of the highest good—whether it be order or progress or some other value—and to resist or condemn authority as a betrayer the highest values—comes ultimately from the constitutive orientation of the intellectuals towards the sacred. Practically all the more concrete traditions in the light and shadows of...
Acts Reference library
Loveday Alexander and Loveday Alexander
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...in little doubt that the authorities will soon have cause to arrest them again: and so it proves. But this time things are stacked against the forces of officialdom. Arrest is followed immediately by miraculous release ( 5:17–26 ); official reprimand meets only defiance ( 5:27–32 ); and at least one respected member of the Council begins to doubt the wisdom of pursuing the case ( 5:33–40 ). The scene closes with a brief summary ( 5:41–2 ) describing the gospel's triumphant progress. ( 5:17–26 ) Arrest and Escape This time it is the whole apostolic group that...
John Reference library
René Kieffer and René Kieffer
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...42 ). He seems to be informed about Jesus' birth at Bethlehem but wants to underline that his divine origin is much more important ( cf. vv. 25–31 and 8:14–19 ). Those who want to arrest him could be the men whom the Pharisees and the chief priests had sent out in v. 32 (cf. also vv. 45–9 ). vv. 45–52 , there is some irony in the statement that the temple police could not arrest Jesus, because they were impressed by his teaching. The Pharisees therefore stress that the authorities, in contrast to the vulgar crowd, do not believe in Jesus. Nicodemus is a...
Religion and Liberty Reference library
Mehdi Bazargan
Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook
...to have fear (of God and the consequences of His action).” [Sura 20, Verses 47 , 44 ] We are told, with regard to Satan: “Did I not commit you, O children of Adam, not to worship Satan who is your acknowledged foe?” (Sura 36, Verse 60) We are commanded to resist the tyrannical temptation of the flesh, and to reject the rule of tyrants: “And do not follow the squanderers.” And: “The patrons of unbelievers are idols [and devils] who lead them from light into darkness. They are the residents of Hell, and will there for ever abide.” (Sura...
Into Exile: From the Assyrian Conquest of Israel to the Fall of Babylon Reference library
Mordechai Cogan
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...dire consequences if they resisted Babylonia. It was a chimera to believe that the Temple would offer them refuge, for it, too, was forfeit, just as the old premonarchic sanctuary in Shiloh had been handed over for destruction to the Philistines. His words were immediately brought to the king's attention, and though some ministers supported the prophet's stand, Jehoiakim derisively consigned Jeremiah's scroll to the fire section by section as the scroll was read, and ordered both the prophet and his secretary arrested. In the end, Jehoiakim did submit...
1 & 2 Kings Reference library
Walter Dietrich, Walter Dietrich, and Walter Dietrich
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...greatly under Edom ( Ob 8–15 ). Even more severe are the consequences of the Syro-Ephraimite war ( vv. 5, 7–9 ). Around 734, Aram-Damascus and northern Israel form a powerful alliance with the background support of the Phoenician and Philistine city-states and Egypt in order to resist the advance of the Assyrians. Ahaz apparently refused to join this alliance and was therefore to be replaced by a certain ben Tabeel, a man with an Aramean or Phoenician name ( cf. Isa 7:6 ). Ahaz does not know what to do other than to appeal (against the advice of Isaiah, cf....
Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period Reference library
Mary Joan Winn Leith
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...way to Egypt in 485 to intervene personally. Or Ezra 4.7–23 could be set in the reign of Artaxerxes I, associating it with the Egyptian revolt of 460 or with Ezra himself, who was exceeding his imperial brief by attending to the walls. Unfortunately Ezra 4.7–23 continues to resist attempts at secure dating and has been assigned to the reigns of every Persian king from Cyrus to Artaxerxes I. The fallen walls of Nehemiah 1.3 could have been caused by an isolated event, such as a raid by an Arab tribe from the south. As the biblical text now stands, ...
Churches in Context: The Jesus Movement in the Roman World Reference library
Daniel N. Schowalter
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...in which Paul encourages his readers to cooperate with the empire: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment” ( Rom. 13.1–2 ). This admonition reveals Paul's desire to see the community of believers operating within the Roman political apparatus. He argues that the political authority “is God's servant for your good.” The only people...
Jeremiah Reference library
Kathleen M. O'Connor and Kathleen M. O'Connor
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...the exilic community who stand firmly in the Jeremiah tradition and resist monarchic authority ( Brueggemann 1991 : 12 ). Their support and rescue of Jeremiah is also support and rescue of his tradition. His rescue indicates that he is a true prophet because he does not die after its announcement as do false prophets ( Deut 18:20 ). Ch. 26 introduces the second book, therefore, by announcing themes central to the following chapters. It blames King Jehoiakim, priests, and prophets for resisting the prophetic word and failing to repent. It invites the implied...
Mark Reference library
C. M. Tuckett and C. M. Tuckett
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...and failing to stay awake, the disciples are failing to obey the command of Jesus given to all his followers ( cf. 13:37 ). Jesus' willing submission in the end to God's will thus contrasts dramatically with the human failings of his followers. ( 14:43–52 ) The Arrest The story of Jesus' arrest may represent the start of an early account of Jesus' passion: from here the synoptic and Johannine accounts of the passion run closely parallel with each other, and the redundant (i.e. for Mark) reference to Judas as ‘one of the twelve’ in v. 43 may indicate that...
Matthew Reference library
Dale C. Allison, Jr. and Dale C. Allison, Jr.
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...suffering Christian, the suffering Christ, and the suffering servant. Jesus' own story offers an illustration of his imperative. If he speaks of eschewing violence and not resisting evil, of being slapped, of having one's clothes taken, and of being compelled to serve the Romans, the conclusion to his own life makes his words concrete: he eschews violence ( 26:51–4 ); he does not resist evil ( 26:36–56; 27:12–14 ); he is struck ( 26:67 ); he has his garments taken ( 27:28, 35 ); and his cross is carried by one requisitioned by Roman order ( 27:32 ). Here then...
