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Imprisonment
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IMPRIS'ONMENT, n. The act of putting and confining in prison
the act of arresting and detaining in custody.
1. Confinement in a place restraint of liberty to go from place to place at pleasure. Appropriately, the confinement of a criminal or debtor within the walls of a prison, or in the custody of a sheriff, &c.
False imprisonment is any confinement of the person, or restraint of liberty, without legal or sufficient authority. The arrest or detention of the person by an officer without warrant, or by an illegal warrant, or by a legal warrant executed at an unlawful time, is false imprisonment.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Imprisonment'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/i/imprisonment.html.
Entry for 'Imprisonment'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/i/imprisonment.html.
