false imprisonment
type: Concept
definition: False imprisonment, sometimes called false arrest, is a tort that protects an individual's freedom from improper restraint and includes more than simple incarceration. An individual can be wrongfully confined when in an open street, traveling in an automobile, or even confined in an entire city. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; False Imprisonment]
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type: Concept
narrower: false imprisonment

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