Which tort is the seizure or forcible restraint of a person without legal authority?

• A. False arrest
• B. False imprisonment
• C. Implied license
• D. Business invitee

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is unlawful restraint of a person’s liberty. Restraining someone’s movement by force or by asserting authority without legal justification is false arrest. It centers on the act of seizing or forcibly detaining someone without proper legal authority, which makes the behavior tortious.

False imprisonment involves confinement without legal authority, but it doesn’t necessarily involve the actual seizure or use of force implied by false arrest. The other terms don’t fit because they deal with different legal concepts: an implied license relates to permission to enter property, and a business invitee concerns duties owed to visitors, not the wrongful restraint of liberty.