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hold any office, without a poffibility of pardon. Stat. 
31 Car. 11 . c. 2. And by the flat. 43 Eliz. c. 13, to carry 
any one by force out of the four northern counties, or 
imprifon him within the fame, in order to ranfom him, 
or make fpoil of hisperfon or goods, is felony without be¬ 
nefit of clergy in the principals and all acceffaries before 
the fact. Inferior degrees of this offence of falfe impri¬ 
sonment are alfo punidiable by indictment, and the delin¬ 
quent may be fined and imprifoned. yComm. 218. Rut 
by the (tatute of limitations, 21 Jac. I. c. 16, this aCtion 
mull be brought within four years ; which has been c6n- 
ffrued to be from the end of any continued imprifonment. 
Salk. ^.20. By flat. 24 Geo. II. c. 44, actions againft juf- 
tices of peace, or conftables aCting under their war¬ 
rants, mult be brought within fix months; and one 
month’s notice of bringing the action mult be given them ; 
and by dat. 21 Jac. I. c. 12, thofe officers may plead the 
general iflue, and give the fpecial matter in evidence. No 
aCtion of falfe imprifonment lies againd a judge of a court 
of record for any aCt done by him in the execution of his 
office, nor for any midake of judgment. Salk. 396. 
The king cannot give any power to imprifon, where im¬ 
prifonment may not be awarded by the common-law. 
■zBrozunl. 18. And if a perfon is imprifoned on any by¬ 
law of a corporation, it is falfe imprifonment; becaufe a 
by-law to imprifon is againd Magna Ckarta, quod nullus liber 
homo imprifonetur, &c. 5 Rep. 64. If a judiceof peace, See. 
commits a perfon without jud caufe, it is falfe imprifon¬ 
ment ; and a condable cannot imprifon a man at his plea- 
lure, to compel him to do any thing required by law ; but 
is to carry him before a judice. 1 Leon. 327. 
In falfe imprifonment brought againd an officer of an 
inferior court, if he judify an aired by virtue of their 
warrant, he mud intitle the court to jurifdiCtion, or the 
aflion lies againd him. March, pi. 195. If erroneous 
procefs iffues out of a court that hath jurifdittion of the 
matter, and the bailiff or officer executes it, whereby the 
party is imprifoned, the officer fliall be excufed in action 
of falfe imprifonment: but if the court out of which the 
procefs iffues hath no cognizance of the caufe, it is 
otherwife ; for in fuch cafe the whole proceedings are 
coram non judie'e, and the officer will not be excufed. 
10 Rep. 75. An officer hath a warrant upon a capias ad 
falisfaciend' againd an earl, or countefs, &c. who are pri¬ 
vileged in their perfons, and he arreds them : it is faid 
aCtion of falfe imprifonment will not lie againd the officer, 
becaufe he is not to examine the judicial act of the court, 
but to obey. 6 Rep. 56. 
If an aired is made by one who is no legal officer, it is 
falfe imprifonment, for which aCtion lies. Co. Lit. 69. 
An aCtion of falfe imprifonment lies againd a bailiff for 
arreding a perfon without warrant, though he afterwards 
receives a warrant : and fo it is if he arred one after the 
return of the writ is pad ; for it is then without writ. 
2 IvJ}.. 53. If a dieriff, or any of his bailiffs, arreds a 
man out of his county, See. or after the fheriff is dif- 
charged of his office ; or a perfon arreds one on a judice’s 
warrant after his commidion is determined, &c. it will 
be falfe imprifonment. Dyer, 41. And if the dieriff, af¬ 
ter he hath arreded a man lawfully, when a legal dif- 
charge comes to him, as a JiiperJ'edeas, or the like, do not 
then difeharge the party, he may be filed in this aCtion. 
Fitzh. 253. If a warrant be granted to arred or appre¬ 
hend a perfon, where there are feveral of the name, and 
the bailid'or other officer arreds a wrong perfon, he is lia¬ 
ble to aCtion of falfe imprifonment ; and he is to take no¬ 
tice of the right party at his peril. Moor, 457, A man 
arreded on a Sunday may bring his aCtion of falfe impri¬ 
fonment. If a bailiff demand more than his jud fees, 
when offered him, and keep a perfon in cudody there¬ 
upon, it*is falfe imprifonment and punidiable : and if a 
fheriff or gaoler keeps a prifoner in gaol, after his ac¬ 
quittal, for any thing except for fees, it is unlawful im¬ 
prifonment. 2 Inf. 482. Wood. 16. 
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FAI.SR JUDGMENT, in law, a writ that lieth 
where falfe judgment is given in the county-court, court- 
baron, or other courts not of record. See the article 
Error. This writ may be brought on a judgment 
i.n a plea, real or perfonal : and for errors'in the proceed¬ 
ings of inferior courts, or where they proceed without 
having legal jurifdiCtion, writ of falfe judgment lies. 
FALSE KEEL, in a diip, is a fecond keel, which 
is fometimes put under the fird, to make it deeper. 
FALSE .LATIN, in law; before the datute directing 
legal proceedings to be in Englifh, if a Latin word w as 
fignificant though not good Latin, yet an indictment, de¬ 
claration, or fine, diould not be made void by it : but if 
the word was not Latin, nor allowed by the law, and it 
were in a material point, it made the whole proceedings 
vicious. 2 Nelf. 830. 
FALSE MUSTER, a military term, is when fuch 
men pafs in review as are not actually lifted as foldiers. 
FALSE NEWS, in the Englifh jurifprudence : fpread- 
ing falfe news, to make difeord between the king and no¬ 
bility, or concerning any great man of the realm, is pu- 
nifhable by the common-law, with fine and imprifonment; 
confirmed by datutesWedm. 1, 3 Edw. I. c. 34. 2 Rich. 
II. dat. 1. c. 5. 12 Rich. II. c. 11. 
FALSE OATH. See Perjury. 
FALSE POINT. See Cape False. 
FALSE PLEA, inlaw. See the articles Plea, and 
Pleading. 
FALSE QUARTER, is a rift or crack in the hoof of 
a horfe, which is an unfound quarter, feeming like a piece 
put in, and not all entire. See Farriery. 
FALSE RETURN, in law ; on a falfe return by a 
mayor, See. to a mandamus, or by a fheriff, See. to a writ, 
a fpecial aCtion on the cafe will lie ; as in all cafes of falfe 
return at elections for members to ferve in parliament : an 
offence, which, as it ftrikes deeply into the vitals of the 
Constitution, calls for a ferious and exemplary pu- 
rudiment. See England, vol. vi. p.798. 
FALSE ROOF, of a houfe, is that part which is be¬ 
tween the upper rooms and the covering. 
FALSE STEM, in a diip, when the dem being too 
flat, another is fadened to it. 
FALSE TOKENS, in law : where perfonsget money 
or goods into their hands, by forged letters, or other coun¬ 
terfeit means, they are punidiable by imprifonment, Sec. 
FALSE VERDICT. A writ of attaint lieth, to in¬ 
quire whether a jury of twelve men have given a falfe 
verdict; that fo the judgment following thereupon may 
bereverfed. It is allowed in almod every aCtion except 
in a writ of right. 
FAL'SEPIOOD, f. Want of truth ; want of veracity. 
—All deception in the courfe of life is, indeed, nothing 
elfe but a lie reduced to practice, and falfehood paffing 
from words to things. South. —Want of honedy; treachery; 
deceitfulnefs; perfidy: 
Nothing wants but that thy fhape, 
Like his, and colour ferpentine, may fliow 
Thy inward fraud, to warn all creatures from thee 
Henceforth; led that too heav’nly form, pretended 
To hellifli falfehood, fnare them. Milton. 
A lie ; a falfe affertion.—In your anfwers there remains 
falfehood. fob. —Counterfeit ; impodure : 
No falfehood can endure 
Touch of celedial temper, but returns 
Of force to its own likenefs. Milton. 
FAL'SELY, adv. Contrarily to truth ; not truly: 
Tell him, I did in vain his brother move. 
And yet he falfely faid he was in love ; 
Falfely ; for had he truly lov’d, at lead 
He would have giv’n one day to my requed. Dryden. 
Erxoneoufly ; by miftake.»-He knows that to be inconve¬ 
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