VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 38.010
Good Faith Not a Defense
It is not a legal defense to a claim of false imprisonment that one had an honest or a reasonable
belief that he was acting lawfully in restricting another’s freedom. Any intentional restriction of a
person’s freedom that is without legal right is a false imprisonment.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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