See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

RESCUE (in See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)  , the forcible setting at See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or thing . To constitute the legal offence of See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue, the person rescued must be in the custody of a See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable or private individual, but in the latter See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case the rescuer must know that the prisoner is in lawful custody . The See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for the offence is See also:

• FINE

fine and imprisonment, with or without hard labour, if the party rescued has not been convicted of the offence for which he was in custody . But if the prisoner has been imprisoned on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of, or under See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence for, high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, See also:

• FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

felony or See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour, the rescue is high treason, felony or misdemeanour . The punishment for a felonious rescue may be penal See also:

• SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

servitude for not more than seven or less than three years, or imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour . The forcible rescue of goods legally distrained or the rescuing of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle by See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach are misdemeanours indictable at See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, but the more usual See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure is a See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ACTION

action under 2 W . & M . C . 5, s . 3 (1690), which makes an offender liable for See also:

• TREBLE (a doublet of " triple," three-fold, from Lat. triplus, triple; cf. " double " from duplus)

treble See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages .