If a store's clerk thinks that a customer may have stolen some merchandise and tells the customer to sit down in a particular chair, stay there until a policeman comes to investigate, why has the clerk not falsely imprisoned the customer?

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imprisonment requires a confinement against the plaintiff's will. The plaintiff's voluntary compliance with a request to stay in a particular spot or room or building is not a confinement. The defendant must use force or the threat of force or otherwise deprive the plaintiff of his or her free will.

If a Store's Clerk Thinks That a Customer May Have