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You're right that if someone detains you or restrict your physical movement without your consent then you have the right to sue them in tort. The tort in question is false imprisonment. In the UK false imprisonment is also a crime.
I've been in a bank where they've had to open a machine and they locked the doors for security.
They got round the false imprisonment problem by simply saying that they would be opening a machine and so would have to lock the entrance doors for a few minutes, and that anyone in the bank was free to leave before they did this.
No one left.
Yes, by giving you the option of leaving before the machine is opened they avoid the issue, but the suggestion that they would just lock people in would leave them liable.0
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