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  2. Restraint - Wikipedia

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    Restraint, or self-control, a personal virtue Medical restraint , form of general physical restraint used for medical purposes Physical restraint , the practice of rendering people helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, ropes, straps, etc.

  3. Handcuffs - Wikipedia

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    Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other. [1] They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain , a hinge , or rigid bar. Each cuff has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist.

  4. Medical restraint - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S. in the late 2010s and into the 2020s (so far), restraint of psychiatric patients and/or people with mental disorders (for all purpose other than very temporarily if another person would be in danger) has come under heavy fire from many professionals (such as those in the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective) and human rights groups (such as Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint ...

  5. Physical restraint - Wikipedia

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    Modern prison restraints including steel handcuffs and belly chains A full Medical Restraint System. Physical restraints are used: primarily by police and prison authorities to obstruct delinquents and prisoners from escaping or resisting [1] British Police officers are authorised to use leg and arm restraints, if they have been instructed in their use.

  6. Limb restraint - Wikipedia

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    Leg restraints. Limb restraints can be physical (or psychological) restraints that inhibit an individual's movement in their arms or legs. The most common limb restraint is physical, whereby restraints are fixed to the individual in order to prevent movement of the limbs. They are most commonly used within the field of medicine.

  7. Restraint chair - Wikipedia

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    A restraint chair is a type of physical restraint that is used to force an individual to remain seated in one place to prevent injury and harm to themselves or others. [1] They are commonly used in prisons for violent inmates and hospitals for out of control patients.

  8. Arrest - Wikipedia

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    Shqip; සිංහල ... word "arrest" is Anglo-Norman in origin, derived from the French word arrêt meaning 'to stop or stay' and signifies a restraint of a ...

  9. False imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    False imprisonment does not require a literal prison, but a restriction of the claimant's freedom of movement (complete restraint). According to the Termes de la Ley , 'imprisonment is the restraint of a man's liberty, whether it be in the open field, or in the stocks, or in the cage in the streets or in a man's own house, as well as in the ...