To seize a person by legal authority for charging with a crime is to perform what action?

To seize a person by legal authority for charging with a crime is to perform what action?

• A. Arrest Warrant
• B. Arrest
• C. Battery
• D. Admission

Answer: (B)

Taking a person into custody by legal authority is an arrest. Arrest is the act of depriving someone of their liberty under color of law to charge them with a crime. An arrest warrant is the court order that authorizes an arrest, but it is not the act itself. Battery refers to unlawful physical contact, not the seizure of a person, and an admission is acknowledging guilt, not the act of seizing someone. So the action described is arrest.

Taking a person into custody by legal authority is an arrest. Arrest is the act of depriving someone of their liberty under color of law to charge them with a crime. An arrest warrant is the court order that authorizes an arrest, but it is not the act itself. Battery refers to unlawful physical contact, not the seizure of a person, and an admission is acknowledging guilt, not the act of seizing someone. So the action described is arrest.