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Allegation
Definition:
The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, establishing what the party expects to prove.
False arrest
Definition:
Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty, whether or not carried out by a peace officer
respondeat superior
Definition:
A rule of civil law that once a matter has been litigated and final judgment has been rendered by the trial court, the matter cannot be relitigated by the parties in the same court, or any other trial court. A court will use res judicata to deny reconsideration of a matter.
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