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  2. False imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    A false imprisonment claim may be made based upon private acts, or upon wrongful governmental detention. For detention by the police, proof of false imprisonment provides a basis to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. [2] Under common law, false imprisonment is both a crime and a tort.

  3. United States tort law - Wikipedia

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    In tort law, there are generally five areas in which transferred intent is applicable: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels. Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which results in the completion of any of the five tortious acts will be considered an intentional act, even if the ...

  4. Trespass - Wikipedia

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    False imprisonment is defined as "unlaw[ful] obstruct[ion] or depriv[ation] of freedom from restraint of movement". [3] In some jurisdictions, false imprisonment is a tort of strict liability: no intention on the behalf of the defendant is needed, but others require an intent to cause the confinement. [32]

  5. Tort - Wikipedia

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    Torts against the person include assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and fraud, although the latter is also an economic tort. Property torts involve any intentional interference with the property rights of the claimant (plaintiff).

  6. Trespass in English law - Wikipedia

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    Trespass in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to goods, and trespass to land.. Trespass to the person comes in three variants: assault, which is "to act in such a way that the claimant believes he is about to be attacked"; [1] battery, "the intentional and direct application of force to another person"; [2] and false ...

  7. 2nd ex-deputy pleads guilty, admits to false imprisonment of ...

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    The crime former Deputy Miguel Vega will plead guilty to is a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

  8. Oklahoma to award compensation to Glynn Simmons after 48 ...

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    Glynn Simmons, 70, will receive $175,000 from the state of Oklahoma in response to a tort claim filed earlier this year. Simmons had served more than 48 years in prison for a 1974 murder he has ...

  9. Alleged Georgia cult leader charged with rape, false imprisonment

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    Eligio Bishop, who also goes by “Nature Boy,” was arrested late Wednesday and charged with rape, false imprisonment and three counts of “prohibition on nude or sexually explicit electronic ...

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