Citizen's arrest

Definition
: an arrest made not by a law officer but by any citizen who derives the authority to arrest from the fact of being a citizen
Under common law, a citizen may make an arrest for any felony actually committed, or for a breach of the peace committed in his or her presence.



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collateral estoppel

estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action


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