The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
warrantless arrest — Arrest of a person without a warrant. It is generally permissible if the arresting officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed a felony or if the person has committed a misdemeanor amounting to a breach of the peace in … 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 — To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority. Taking, under real or assumed authority, custody of another for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer a criminal charge or civil demand. State v. Ferraro, 81 N.J.Super. 213, 195 A … Black's law dictionary
arrest — To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority. Taking, under real or assumed authority, custody of another for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer a criminal charge or civil demand. State v. Ferraro, 81 N.J.Super. 213, 195 A … Black's 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
Searches incident to a lawful arrest — In most cases, a search warrant is required to perform a lawful search. An long recognized exception to this requirement is searches incident to a lawful arrest.[1] This rule permits an officer to perform a warrantless search during or… … Wikipedia
County of Riverside v. McLaughlin — Supreme Court of the United States Argued January 17, 1991 Decided … Wikipedia
Welsh v. Wisconsin — 1984 Facts: Evening of April 24, 1978, the defendant was seen driving a car erratically, and the car eventually swerved off the road and came to a stop in an open field. A passerby called the police, and before the police arrived the driver… … Wikipedia
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Atwater v. City of Lago Vista ArgueDate=December 4 ArgueYear=2000 DecideDate=April 24 DecideYear=2001 FullName=Gail Atwater, et al., Petitionors v. City of Lago Vista, et al. USVol=532 USPage=318 Citation=121 S. Ct.… … Wikipedia
Learned Hand — Infobox Judge name = Learned Hand imagesize = caption = office = Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit termstart = 1924 termend = 1961 nominator = Calvin Coolidge appointer = predecessor = Julius Marshuetz Mayer birthdate … Wikipedia
