{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-20","heading":"False imprisonment defined.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation","Article 2 False Imprisonment"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"5f5647ee2f49bd6bfbda9f691fce9f07709fe415af1929c3ff341e2add1f2dee","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}