: the arrest of a person or the seizure of a person's property for the purpose of ensuring the person's presence at a trial or the satisfaction of a judgment against that person
b
Scots law: a process secured by a second creditor whereby a debtor is prohibited from making payment or delivery of movable property to one of the debtor's creditors until that creditor's debt to the second creditor is settled or secured compare equitable attachment, garnishment, trustee process
c
Scots law: a process whereby the movable property of a person domiciled outside of Scotland is seized in order to give jurisdiction against that person
2
a
: the action of stopping or checking
b
: a stoppage or check
Word History
Etymology
Middle English arestment, from Middle French arestement, from Old French, from arester + -ment
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