Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Arrest on mesne process (meen).

hist. Arrest in a civil case before trial takes place .citizen's arrest. An arrest of a private person by another private person on grounds that (1) a public offense was committed in the arrester's presence, or (2) the arrester has reasonable cause to believe that the arrestee has committed a felony.