Section 51-7-20. False imprisonment defined  


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  •    False imprisonment is the unlawful detention of the person of another, for any length of time, whereby such person is deprived of his personal liberty.
Orig. Code 1863, § 2932; Code 1868, § 2939; Code 1873, § 2990; Code 1882, § 2990; Civil Code 1895, § 3851; Civil Code 1910, § 4447; Code 1933, § 105-901.