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arrestable offence

noun

arrestable offence

noun

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

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Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, Historical, In UK A criminal offence such that the offender may be arrested without warrant.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.