| NOUN | act | resisting arrest | physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest |
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| Meaning | Physical 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. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | assault | Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack |
| battery, assault and battery | An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | |
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