Definition of Resisting arrest

1. Noun. 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.

Generic synonyms: Assault And Battery, Battery, Assault
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

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Literary usage of Resisting arrest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Homicide in resisting arrest or Obstructing an Officer. The malice necessary to constitute murder at common law will also be implied where an officer or ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"Obstructing justice and resisting arrest—Proof of official character of officer resisted—Validity of his appointment.—Though in civil cases the courts will ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall (1900)
"Homicide in resisting arrest or Obstructing an Officer. The malice necessary to constitute murder at common law will also be implied where an officer or ..."

4. The Law of Arrest in Civil and Criminal Actions by Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees (1915)
"resisting arrest. — It is the duty of one to submit to a legal arrest.1 Mere resistance of legal arrest is a crime,2 because it involves an assault upon the ..."

5. A Treatise on the Criminal Law as Now Administered in the United States by Emlin McClain (1897)
"So such force may be used as is necessary in resisting arrest by an officer ... 683; homicide in resisting arrest, sea Sharp v. S., 19 Ohio, 879; S. v. ..."

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