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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false imprisonment 非法拘禁 非法剥夺他人的人身自由的行为。凡未经依法授权或无法律根据，以暴力或以暴力相威胁，强制他人违反自己的意愿留在某处或到某处去，即构成非法拘禁，而不论拘禁的地点或拘禁时间的长短。在普通法上属刑事犯罪行为及民事侵权行为。恶意虽非构成非法拘禁的必要条件，但可加重行为人的赔偿责任。
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false imprisonment. 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.] “[In the phrase false imprisonment,] false is … used not in the
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