Imprison ment

Im`pris´on ment


n.1.The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.His sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment and hard constraint.- Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets.- Blackstone.
False imprisonment
(Law) See under False.