The fact that a police officer tells a person,"You are under arrest," is sufficient to constitute an arrest.

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An arrest is constituted by the act of taking someone into custody, often accompanied by a declaration such as "You are under arrest," but it also requires the person to be detained or their freedom to be restricted in some significant way. Simply stating "You are under arrest" without actually detaining the person does not fulfill the legal requirements of an arrest.

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