On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Simon Howarth (RGC) Interim Information Governance Manager wrote:
> As for "can you be dearrested", it rather sounds like another
> Americanism creeping in, although I wouldn't be surprised to learn that
> it's an olde English word!
In fact I was reading something last week where someone, I think a police
officer, was quoted as saying someone was "de-arrested". I was a little
taken aback as I'd not seen that usage ... unfortunately I can't now work
out what I was reading. But I did wonder if it had any actual real legal
meaning (i.e., to cancel out the effects of being 'arrested', as if that
had never happened in the first place).
Presumably if it does, then when asked "have you ever been arrested", you
could answer "no" truthfully. Unless they specifically wanted to know if
you had been arrested, regardless of a later de-arrest. If such a thing
exists.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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