A citizen`s arrest is an arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval England and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers. Despite the practice`s name, in most countries, the arresting p.....
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an arrest made by a private citizen whose authority derives from the fact of citizenship.
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