What is the definition of false imprisonment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Francis v. Edgar, 2019 ONSC 7454 (CanLII):
False imprisonment is the intentional and total confinement of a person against his will without justification. If a police officer acts with legal authority, his or her imprisonment of a person will be justified. An imprisonment will not be justified when it follows an unlawful detention or arrest: Ward v. City of Vancouver.[6]
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