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  2. False imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    The definition of false imprisonment under UK law and legislation is the "Unlawful imposition or constraint of another's freedom of movement from a particular place." [14] False imprisonment is where the defendant intentionally or recklessly, and unlawfully, restricts the claimant's freedom of movement totally. [15]

  3. Shopkeeper's privilege - Wikipedia

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    Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.

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

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    Rosalynn McGinnis, Missouri, United States, 19 years, escaped in 2016. [19] Sheffield incest case, UK, 25 years, discovered in November 2008. Schollenberger Case, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 years, discovered in May 2020. [20] South Wales paternal sex abuse case, South Wales, UK, 20 years, discovered in October 2019. [21] [22] [23 ...

  5. Missouri Divorce Laws - AOL

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  6. Collateral consequences of criminal conviction - Wikipedia

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    A sentence can take a number of forms, such as loss of privileges (e.g. driving), house arrest, community service, probation, fines and imprisonment. Collectively, these sentences are referred to as direct consequences – those intended by the judge, and frequently mandated at least in part by an applicable law or statute.

  7. Women in Missouri can’t get a divorce while pregnant. Many ...

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    That is because, according to Missouri statute, the court must first establish paternity of a child before a divorce can be finalized, said Shannon Gordon, a family law attorney practicing in the ...

  8. Malicious prosecution - Wikipedia

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    Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort.Like the tort of abuse of process, its elements include (1) intentionally (and maliciously) instituting and pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the victim of the malicious prosecution.

  9. Why Missouri currently doesn't allow pregnant women to be ...

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    The Missouri law on divorce does not specifically bar finalizing divorces for pregnant women, but “whether the wife is pregnant” is one of the eight pieces of information — along with things ...