Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Lawful arrest

the taking of a person into legal custody either under a valid warrant or on probable cause that the person has committed a crime.

lawful arrest

See ARREST,

resisting unlawful arrest

The act of opposing a police officer who is making an unlawful arrest. ( Most jurisdictions have accepted the Model Penal Code position prohibiting the use of force to resist an unlawful arrest when the person arrested knows that a police officer is making the arrest. But some jurisdictions allow an arrestee to use nondeadly force to prevent the arrest.