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Encyclopedia > Forcible entry

Forcible entry is the act of entering a house or building with destructive methods. It is typically illegal. Police, firefighters, and EMTs may need to forcibly enter a building in an emergency. Means of entry range from the simple breaking of a glass window to the use of specialized tools to defeat security locks or to cut an access hole. Firefighter in full turn out gear with a pickhead axe. ... An emergency medical technician (EMT) is an emergency responder trained to provide emergency medical services (EMS) to the critically ill and injured. ...


Emergency Services typically rely on a number of different devices to force entry to a building or vehicle. Prying tools, such as Halligan bars, crowbars and Slim Jims are common, though SWAT Teams may use explosives such as C2 to quickly breach doors and windows. A Halligan bar (also called a Halligan tool or simply Halligan) is a special tool commonly used in the fire and rescue service. ... Crowbar may refer to: a tool, see Crowbar (tool) an electrical circuit, see Crowbar (circuit) the name of a musical group, see Crowbar (US band), who also recorded an album entitled Crowbar Crowbar (Canadian band) Koevoet (which is Afrikaans for crowbar), a South-African run counterinsurgency unit. ... SWAT officers SWAT (an acronym for Special Weapons and Tactics; originally Special Weapons Attack Team) is a specialized paramilitary police unit in major United States city police departments, which is trained to perform dangerous operations. ... Plastic explosive (or plastique) is a specialised form of explosive material. ...


Related crimes include malicious destruction of property (e.g., the damaged door/window/locks), and possession of burglary tools. The term Malice has several meanings: Malice, a legal term describing the intent to harm. ... Possession is having some degree of control over something else. ...


Forcible entry is distinguishable from the broader crime of "breaking and entering" which might not include any actual damage from the force used to "break" a way in, such as when one opens an unlocked door to private premises without license to do so, or tampers with a locking mechanism and later takes advantage of the defect. As such, one can assume that the "breaking" refers to breaking the plane of entry; that is, crossing the threshold of a door, window or other entryway into a building. Breaking and entering is defined as the crime of illegally entering a residence or other enclosed property using any amount of force (even pushing open an unlocked door). ...


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State of Nebraska Eviction Law (2218 words)
Forcible entry and detainer; judgment in county court; future action not barred.
If the court finds that an unlawful and forcible entry has been made and that the same lands or tenements are held by force or that the same, after a lawful entry, are held unlawfully, the court shall cause the party complaining to have restitution thereof.
The court or the jury, as the situation warrants, shall inquire into the matters between the two litigants such as the amount of rent owing the plaintiff and the amount of damage caused by the defendant to the premises while they were occupied by him or her and render a judgment or verdict accordingly.
The Vermont Statutes Online (562 words)
A person shall not make entry into lands, tenements or other possessions, except where entry is given by law; and in such case, not with strong hand nor with multitude of people, but only in a peaceable manner.
When the jury finds the person against whom the complaint is made guilty of such forcible entry or detainer, the district judge shall enter up judgment for the complainant to have restitution of the premises, and impose such fine, not exceeding $10.00, as he thinks just.
The complainant in an action for forcible entry and detainer, who recovers against the person complained of, may recover treble damages, with costs of suit, by an action for trespass against the offender.
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