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  2. False imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    A false imprisonment claim may be made based upon private acts, or upon wrongful governmental detention. For detention by the police, proof of false imprisonment provides a basis to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. [2] Under common law, false imprisonment is both a crime and a tort.

  3. False arrest - Wikipedia

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    False arrest, unlawful arrest or wrongful arrest is a common law tort, where a plaintiff alleges they were held in custody without probable cause, or without an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Although it is possible to sue law enforcement officials for false arrest, the usual defendants in such cases are private security firms.

  4. List of long-term false imprisonment cases - Wikipedia

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    Kaspar Hauser, Nuremberg, Germany, 16 years. [50]Marvin L. Maple, US, arrested in 2009 for kidnapping his grandchildren, 20 years earlier.; Colleen Stan, US, an American woman who was kidnapped and held captive between 1977 and 1984.

  5. United States tort law - Wikipedia

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    Transferred intent is the legal principle that intent can be transferred from one victim or tort to another. [1] In tort law, there are generally five areas in which transferred intent is applicable: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels. Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which ...

  6. Police misconduct - Wikipedia

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    Police misconduct is inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Types of misconduct include among others: sexual offences, coerced false confession, intimidation, false arrest, false imprisonment, falsification of evidence, spoliation of evidence, police perjury, witness tampering, police brutality, police corruption, racial ...

  7. Cause of action - Wikipedia

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    A cause of action or right of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify suing to obtain money or property, or to justify the enforcement of a legal right against another party. The term also refers to the legal theory upon which a plaintiff brings suit (such as breach of contract, battery, or false imprisonment).

  8. San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian ... - AOL

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    The protesters were charged with felony conspiracy, false imprisonment, trespassing to interfere with a business, obstruction of a San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian demonstrators ...

  9. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v Stafford

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    There is direct evidence that the facts of the case are true. Witnesses would be the prime examples. [5] These claims were denied by the Minister's lawyer. If the majority of the evidence in the warrant was circumstantial, that in and of itself is not a grounds to dismiss a request for surrender. [1]