Legal consequences of evading arrest, by Enebeli Goodluck Before understanding the legal consequences of evading arrest, it is important to understand what arrest means. The simple meaning of arrest is to seize someone's legal authority and take them into custody. The arrest is the process whereby suspected persons accused of having committed an offence are brought before the police, as the first port of interrogation, preparatory to arraignment before a court of law. A court may also issue a warrant for the arrest of an accused person or a person suspected...