Legal Definition and Related Resources of Detention

The act of keeping back or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing.

The act of retaining and preventing the removal of a person or property. See “Detainer.”

noun

• arrest
• captivity
• circumscription
• committal
• commitment
• confinement
• constraint
• control
• custodia
• custodianship
• custody
• detainment
• durance vile
• fetter
• guardianship
• immuration
• immurement
• impoundment
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• internment
• keeping
• keeping back
• keeping in
• keeping in custody
• legal restraint
• limitation
• preventive custody
• prison
• protective custody
• quarantine
• restraint
• restriction
• restriction on movement
• retentio
• Associated Concepts: detention facility
• detention of property
• illegal detention
• lawful detention
• preventive detentionforeign phrases: Furtumnonestubiinitiumhabetdetentionis per dominium rei
• It is not theft where the commencement of the detention arises through the consent of the owner

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Translate Pre-Trial Detention from English to Spanish

Translation of Pre-Trial Detention , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Prisión preventiva and other legal terms is available here.

• Prisión preventiva
• Legal English Translation

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Detention in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of detention.

Meaning of Detention in Spanish

Description/ translation of detention into Spanish: privación de libertad, prisión; detention order: orden de ingreso en prisión; pre-trial detention (= preventive detention): prisión provisional; detention hearing: vista en la que se resuelve sobre el ingreso del imputado en prisión[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where detention belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Detention published by Antonio Peñaranda

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See Also

• Detainer
• Imprisonment
• Replevin

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Legal English Vocabulary: Detention in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term detention into Spanish: detención (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• detention in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• detention in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Detention and training order in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of detention and training order.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• detention and training order in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• detention and training order in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Detention

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Detention :

Depriving a person of his liberty against his will following *arrest. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 closely regulates police powers of detention and detained persons’ rights. Detention of adults without charge is allowed only when it is necessary to secure or preserve evidence or to obtain it by questioning; it should only continue beyond 24 hours (to 36 hours) in respect of serious arrestable offences (e.g. rape, kidnapping, causing death by dangerous driving) when a superintendent or more senior officer reasonably believes it to be necessary. Magistrates’ courts may then authorize a further extension without charge for up to 36 hours, which can be extended for another 36 hours, but the overall detention period cannot exceed 96 hours.

If the ground for detention ceases, or if further detention is not authorized, the detainee must either be released or be charged and either released on *bail to appear before a court or taken before the next available court. An arrested person held in custody may have one person told of this as soon as practicable, though if a serious arrestable offence is involved and a senior police officer reasonably believes that this would interfere with the investigation, this can be delayed for up to 36 hours. The detainee has a broadly similar right of access to a solicitor. Terrorism (*terrorism) suspects may be detained for up to seven days on a magistrate’s authority.