English Explanatory Dictionary

arrestable offence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A criminal offence such that the offender may be arrested without warrant.

Word forms

arrestable offence arrestable offences

Etymology

From arrestable + offence. First defined and introduced in English law by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58).

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