Rescue in United States
Rescue Definition
In Criminal Law, The forcibly and knowingly freeing another from arrest or imprisonment. 4 BL Comm. 131. A deliverance of a prisoner from lawful custody by a third person. 2 Bish. Crim. Law, i 911. Taking and setting at liberty, against law, a distress taken for rent, services, or damage feasant. Bac. Abr. “Rescous.” See “Resceu.” In Maritime Law. The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. There is still another kind of rescue which partakes of the nature of a recapture, it occurs when the weaker party, before he is overpowered, obtains relief from the arrival of fresh succors, and is thus preserved from the force of the enemy. 1 C. Rob. Adm. 224, 271; Halleck, Int. Law, cxxxv. “Rescue” differs from “recapture.” The rescuers do not, by the rescue, become owners of the property, as if it had been a new prize, but the property is restored to the original owners by the right of postliminium.
Rescue in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Rescue | Rescue in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Rescue | Rescue in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Rescue | Rescue in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
In Criminal Law, The forcibly and knowingly freeing another from arrest or imprisonment. 4 BL Comm. 131. A deliverance of a prisoner from lawful custody by a third person. 2 Bish. Crim. Law, i 911. Taking and setting at liberty, against law, a distress taken for rent, services, or damage feasant. Bac. Abr. “Rescous.” See “Resceu.” In Maritime Law. The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. There is still another kind of rescue which partakes of the nature of a recapture, it occurs when the weaker party, before he is overpowered, obtains relief from the arrival of fresh succors, and is thus preserved from the force of the enemy. 1 C. Rob. Adm. 224, 271; Halleck, Int. Law, cxxxv. “Rescue” differs from “recapture.” The rescuers do not, by the rescue, become owners of the property, as if it had been a new prize, but the property is restored to the original owners by the right of postliminium.
Notice
This definition of Rescue is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.