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frogmarch

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5. False imprisonment?

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 02:22 PM

Nov 2013

http://injury.findlaw.com/torts-and-personal-injuries/false-imprisonment.html

In fact, any person who intentionally restricts another's freedom of movement without their consent (and without legal justification) may be liable for false imprisonment, which is both a crime and a civil wrong. It can occur in a room, on the streets, or even in a moving vehicle—just as long as the subject is unable to move freely, against his or her will.

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