Terms Used In California Constitution Article I § 10 - Witnesses may not be unreasonably detained. A person may not be ...

  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  

Witnesses may not be unreasonably detained. A person may not be imprisoned in a civil action for debt or tort, or in peacetime for a militia fine.

(Sec. 10 added Nov. 5, 1974, by Prop. 7. Res.Ch. 90, 1974.)