Baker Acted

A form of Baker Act — To invoke the Baker Act, i.e., the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual in the state of Florida, or (by extension) elsewhere in the United States.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of Baker Act
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