DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 13.10
False Arrest / Imprisonment – Arrest by Private Individual
ARREST BY PRIVATE PERSON
A private person may make an arrest without a warrant for an offense that was
committed in his or her presence and that amounted to or threatened a breach of the
peace. A breach of the peace is a public offense involving violence or causing or
likely to cause an immediate disturbance of public order.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
0e79b48e988bbd2d9208f57c8cf29075888d8e318bc82d706a32b1b2d2882f88
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