Seizure occurs when a person's movement is restrained by

• A. Physical restraint
• B. Verbal instruction
• C. Physical or Authority
• D. A search warrant

Answer: (C)

A seizure happens when a person’s freedom of movement is restrained by the police, either through physical force or by submitting to the officer’s authority. If an officer physically grabs, blocks, or otherwise stops someone, that’s a seizure. It also counts when a person yields to the officer’s authority—stops and complies with commands—even without physical contact. Verbal orders alone don’t constitute a seizure unless the person actually submits to the authority or is physically detained. A search warrant is about permission to search, not about preventing someone from moving. So the best way to understand seizure is as restraint of motion either by actual physical force or by submitting to an officer’s authority.