Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is under arrest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scots law, the person in whose hands an arrestment is laid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who is under
arrest .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
Supreme Court 2009
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
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The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested.
Criminal Law 2009
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In this case the arrestee is a Moslim, not a Christian.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Alleged Religion-Based Attack in California 2009
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Eventually, I refined my system, so that a new 'arrestee' was arriving every two hours, just as the previous one was leaving, more often than not with a spring in his step after having found out the accusations against him were baseless or unproveable.
The Policeman's Blog 2010
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Eventually, I refined my system, so that a new 'arrestee' was arriving every two hours, just as the previous one was leaving, more often than not with a spring in his step after having found out the accusations against him were baseless or unproveable.
The Policeman's Blog 2010
oroboros commented on the word arrestee
Sounds like the letters R S T.
October 28, 2009