hold+or+keep+in+custody

  • 515150 (Involuntary psychiatric hold) — Section 5150 is a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (specifically, the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act or LPS ) which allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that …

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  • 52To take hold of — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 53detain — de·tain vt 1: to hold or keep in custody or possession property wrongfully detain ed a juvenile detain ed in a care facility 2: to restrain from proceeding detain ed the driver and asked to see his license …

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  • 54detain — To hold; to keep in custody; to keep. To detain goods as amounting to a conversion of them means wrongfully to hold them and keep them in one s custody. Wails v Farrington, 27 Okla 754, 116 P 428 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 55Detain — De*tain (d[ e]*t[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[ e]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. [1913 Webster] Detain not the wages of the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 56Detained — Detain De*tain (d[ e]*t[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[ e]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. [1913 Webster] Detain not the wages of …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 57Detaining — Detain De*tain (d[ e]*t[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[ e]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. [1913 Webster] Detain not the wages of …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58detain — To retain as the possession of personalty. To arrest, to check, to delay, to hinder, to hold, or keep in custody, to retard, to restrain from proceeding, to stay, to stop, to withhold. State v. King, 303 S.W.2d 930, 934. See confinement custody …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 59detain — To retain as the possession of personalty. To arrest, to check, to delay, to hinder, to hold, or keep in custody, to retard, to restrain from proceeding, to stay, to stop, to withhold. State v. King, 303 S.W.2d 930, 934. See confinement custody …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 60detain — v. a. 1. Restrain, stay, check, delay, retain, stop, keep back. 2. Confine, hold or keep in custody …

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