A restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent. • False imprisonment is a common-law misdemeanor and a tort. It applies to private as well as governmental detention. Cf. false arrest under ARREST. [Cases: False Imprisonment 2.]
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recognizance (ri-kog-n[schwa]-z[schwa]nts). 1. A bond or obligation, made in court, by which a person promises to perform some act or observe some condition, such as to appear when called, to pay a debt, or to keep the peace; specif., an in-court acknowledgment of an obligation in a penal sum, conditioned on the performance or nonperformance
confinement facility 〈美〉监禁设施 指服刑犯人在无人陪同的情形下每天不得经常离开的矫正设施〔correctional facility〕。矫正设施可划分为3类：看守所〔Detention facilities〕，矫正机构〔Correctional institutions〕，社区设施〔Community facilities〕。其中前两类属监禁设施，与最后一种的区别在于服刑犯人是否可在无人监督的情况下每天离开服刑地。
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federal prison camp. A federal minimum-security detention facility. • Federal prison camps, which often do not have walls or fences, usu. house nonviolent inmates who are serving sentences shorter than a year plus one day and who are not considered escape risks.
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A sum of money (rather than a surety bond) posted to secure a prisoner’s release from jail. — Also termed stationhouse bail. [Cases: Bail 73. C.J.S. Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings §§ 88–92.]
non detinet (non det-i-net ordet-[schwa]-n[schwa]t). [Latin “he does not detain”] Hist. 1. The pleading form of a general denial in a detinue action for recovery of goods detained by the defendant. • A non detinet denies both the detention and the plaintiff’s right of possession or property in the goods claimed. See DETINUE. [Cases: Detinue
Family law. 1. In child-abuse and neglect proceedings, after an adjudication hearing at which the state proves its allegations, a hearing at which the court hears evidence and enters orders for the child’s care, custody, and control. • Typically, the judge determines a plan for services aimed at reunifying or rehabilitating the family. 2. In
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reeve (reev). Hist. 1. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction; the chief magistrate of a hundred. • The reeve executed process, kept the peace, and enforced the law by holding court within the hundred. 2. A minor officer serving the Crown at the hundred level; a bailiff or deputy-sheriff. 3. An overseer
shelter, n. 1. A place of refuge providing safety from danger, attack, or observation. homeless shelter. A privately or publicly operated residential facility providing overnight accommodation free of charge to homeless people. • Most homeless shelters accept occupants on a first-come-first-served basis and are open only from early evening to early morning. Those that serve
house. 1. A home, dwelling, or residence. ancient house. Hist. In England, a house that has stood long enough to acquire an easement of support against the adjoining land or building. bawdy house. See DISORDERLY HOUSE(2). disorderly house. See DISORDERLY HOUSE. dwelling house. See DWELLING HOUSE. house of correction. 1. A reformatory. 2. A place