resisting arrest — n. Using physical efforts to avoid being arrested by a police officer. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. resisting arrest The crime of u … Law dictionary
resisting arrest — while in custody Police usage to explain the wrongful wounding or killing of a prisoner: I like it better you get a slug in the guts resisting arrest. (Chandler, 1939) See also shot while trying to escape … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
resisting arrest — noun physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑assault, ↑battery, ↑assault and… … Useful english dictionary
resisting arrest — The crime of obstructing or opposing a police officer making an arrest. See, e.g., Model Penal Code, No. 242.2; N.J.S.A. 2C:29 2 … Black's law dictionary
arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… … Law dictionary
Arrest — For other uses, see Arrest (disambiguation). Lucy Parsons after her arrest for rioting during an unemployment protest at Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. 1915 … Wikipedia
arrest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ false, wrongful ▪ arbitrary ▪ mass ▪ citizen s ▪ He grabbed the intruder by the arm and said, ‘I am m … Collocations dictionary
resisting an officer — In criminal law, the offense of obstructing, opposing, and endeavoring to prevent (with or without actual force) a peace officer in the execution of a writ or in the lawful discharge of his duty while making an arrest or otherwise enforcing the… … Black's law dictionary
Resisting unlawful arrest — is a possible justification for breaking the law. Defendants who use this defense are arguing that they should not be held guilty for a crime, since the actions taken were intended to protect them from an unlawful arrest.Many courts will not… … Wikipedia
Citizen's arrest — A citizen s arrest is an arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official.[1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval Britain and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary… … Wikipedia
