resisting arrest — n. Using physical efforts to avoid being arrested by a police officer. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. resisting arrest The crime of u … Law dictionary
Resisting arrest — is a term used to describe a criminal charge against an individual who has committed at least one of the following acts:*Eluding a police officer who is attempting to arrest the individual *Using or threatening to use force against an officer… … Wikipedia
resisting officer — A criminal offense at common law and also by force of statute in resisting a public officer in the performance of his duties or opposing him by interposing obstacles or impediments to hinder, impede, or prevent him from performing his duties. 39… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Resisting Enemy Interrogation (film) — Infobox Film name = Resisting Enemy Interrogation caption = director = Robert B. Sinclair producer = writer = Harold Medford starring = Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Nolan Don Porter Craig Stevens Peter Van Eyck Carl Esmond music = cinematography =… … Wikipedia
resisting arrest — The crime of obstructing or opposing a police officer making an arrest. See, e.g., Model Penal Code, No. 242.2; N.J.S.A. 2C:29 2 … Black's law dictionary
resisting arrest — 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 • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑assault, ↑battery, ↑assault and… … Useful english dictionary
Cheng Yi (officer) — Chinese t=成宜 s=成宜Cheng Yi (died 211) was an officer resisting Cao Cao in Guanzhong during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was killed in the Battle of Tong Pass, in the final phases of the battle.In the Luo Guanzhong novel Romance of the… … Wikipedia
John Reid (British Army officer) — John Reid (also known as John Robertson) (February 13 1721 February 6 1807) was a British army general and founder of the chair of music at the University of Edinburgh.cite web | last = Lloyd | first = E. M. | title =Reid, John (1721–1807),… … Wikipedia
BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant — Date January 1, 2009 (2009 01 01) Time 2:15 AM PST (10:15 UTC) Location Oakland, California, United States Casualties 1 killed Oscar Grant was fatally shot … Wikipedia
University of Florida Taser incident — On September 17, 2007, U.S. Senator John Kerry addressed a Constitution Day forum at the University of Florida in Gainesville, which was organized by the ACCENT Speakers Bureau, an agency of the university s student government. Initially allowed… … Wikipedia