wrongful commitment

wrongful commitment
Commitment of a person to an institution for the insane upon proceedings in contravention of the constitutional rights of the persons affected. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins Per § 38. See false imprisonment.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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