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False imprisonment
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Illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent
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False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.

Instance of
Legal term
Subclass of
Imprisonment
Crime
Different from
Miscarriage of justice
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