单词 | arrestable |
释义 | arrestableadj. a. Liable to be arrested. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > arrested > liable to be arrestable1555 attachablea1579 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 71 The body was not arrestable. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. vi. 266 Explaining withal who the Arrestable and Suspect specially are. 1883 Autobiog. Sir A. Alison II. xvii. 248 The wages were only arrestable. b. transferred. In Law, applied to an offence which renders the offender liable to summary arrest. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally statutory1678 aggravated1726 incestuous1744 first degree1851 thrill hold-up1928 white-collar crime1964 arrestable1965 victimless1965 1965 7th Rep. Criminal Law Revision Comm. 24 in Parl. Papers 1964–5 XVIII. 865 The powers of summary arrest conferred by the following subsections shall apply to offences for which the sentence is fixed by law or for which a person may under or by virtue of any enactment be sentenced for a term of five years, and to attempts to commit any such offence; and in this Act (including any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment) ‘arrestable offence’ means any such offence or attempt. 1977 C. Brandreth Parking Law 10 The only parking offence which of itself is arrestable is ‘wilful obstruction’. 1984 Times 4 Dec. 9/4 Although the defendant had undoubtedly committed an offence of failing to give full particulars, that was not an arrestable offence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1555 |
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