HyperDic: resisting_arrest

English > 1 sense of the expression resisting arrest:
NOUNactresisting arrestphysical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest
English > resisting arrest: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningPhysical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest.
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
BroaderassaultClose fighting during the culmination of a military attack
battery, assault and batteryAn assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

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