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The Oxford Companion to American Law

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Law
Length:
1,021 words

An arrest occurs when a person is taken into custody, or forcibly restrained, by legal authority. Law enforcement officers, who

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arrest   Reference library

The New Oxford Companion to Law

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law
Length:
799 words

Arrest ‘is not a legal concept … Whether a person has been arrested depends … on whether he has been

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