Legal Definition and Related Resources of Quarantine

A period of forty days; the period during which persons coming from a country or ship in which an infectious disease is prevalant are obliged to wait before being permitted to land.

noun

• confinement
• custody
• detachment
• medical segregation
• period of detention
• period of isolation
• restraint of movement
• sanitary cordon
• seclusion
• segregation
• separation
• strict isolation

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Quarantine in Historical Law

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Quarantine in the United States

Quarantine in Connecticut

The widow is entitled to quarantine as an incidental right to dower. Hale v. Cox, 240 Ala. 622, 200 So. 772 (1941). The right of quarantine exists before dower is assigned and continues during the widow’s lifetime. Id. Failure to have dower assigned, and permitting the widow to retain possession (more in the United States) without more, does not deprive the owner of the fee in the land (more in the U.S.). Marino v. Smith, 454 So.2d 1380, 1382 (Ala. 1984).

Quarantine in Law Enforcement

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

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

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

Concept of Quarantine

In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of quarantine may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease to others, alternatively, to isolate a person who does not have a disease during a disease outbreak, in order to prevent that person from catching the disease.[1]

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Notes and References

1. Definition of quarantine published by the European Commission

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