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Definition of arrest
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of arrest is as below...
Arrest
(v. t.) The act of
stopping,
or
restraining
from
further
motion,
etc.;
stoppage;
hindrance;
restraint;
as, an
arrest
of
development..
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Pause
::
Pause (n.) In
writing
and
printing,
a mark
indicating
the place and
nature
of an
arrest
of voice in
reading;
a
punctuation
point;
as, teach the pupil to mind the
pauses..
Watchhouse
::
Watchhouse
(n.) A place where
persons
under
temporary
arrest
by the
police
of a city are kept; a
police
station;
a
lockup.
Attach
::
Attach
(v. t.) To take by legal
authority:
(a) To
arrest
by writ, and bring
before
a
court,
as to
answer
for a debt, or a
contempt;
--
applied
to a
taking
of the
person
by a civil
process;
being now
rarely
used for the
arrest
of a
criminal.
(b) To seize or take
(goods
or real
estate)
by
virtue
of a writ or
precept
to hold the same to
satisfy
a
judgment
which may be
rendered
in the suit. See
Attachment,
4..
Prisoner
::
Prisoner
(n.) A
person
under
arrest,
or in
custody,
whether
in
prison
or not; a
person
held in
involuntary
restraint;
a
captive;
as, a
prisoner
at the bar of a
court..
Check
::
Check (n.)
Whatever
arrests
progress,
or
limits
action;
an
obstacle,
guard,
restraint,
or
rebuff..
Sparker
::
Sparker
(n.) A spark
arrester.
Suppressible
::
Suppress
(v. t.) To stop; to
restrain;
to
arrest
the
discharges
of; as, to
suppress
a
diarrhea,
or a
hemorrhage..
Arresting
::
Arresting
(a.)
Striking;
attracting
attention;
impressive.
Stop
::
Stop (n.) A
device,
or
piece,
as a pin,
block,
pawl, etc., for
arresting
or
limiting
motion,
or for
determining
the
position
to which
another
part shall be
brought..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) To stop; to check or
hinder
the
motion
or
action
of; as, to
arrest
the
current
of a
river;
to
arrest
the
senses..
Thirst
::
Thirst
(n.) A
sensation
of
dryness
in the
throat
associated
with a
craving
for
liquids,
produced
by
deprivation
of
drink,
or by some other cause (as fear,
excitement,
etc.) which
arrests
the
secretion
of the
pharyngeal
mucous
membrane;
hence,
the
condition
producing
this
sensation..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) To take,
seize,
or
apprehend
by
authority
of law; as, to
arrest
one for debt, or for a
crime..
Cairn
::
Cairn (n.) A pile of
stones
heaped
up as a
landmark,
or to
arrest
attention,
as in
surveying,
or in
leaving
traces
of an
exploring
party,
etc..
Arrestment
::
Arrestment
(n.) A
stoppage
or
check.
Bailiff
::
Bailiff
(n.) A
sheriff's
deputy,
appointed
to make
arrests,
collect
fines,
summon
juries,
etc..
Free
::
Free
(superl.)
Not
confined
or
imprisoned;
released
from
arrest;
liberated;
at
liberty
to go.
Sergeant
::
Sergeant
(n.)
Formerly,
in
England,
an
officer
nearly
answering
to the more
modern
bailiff
of the
hundred;
also, an
officer
whose duty was to
attend
on the king, and on the lord high
steward
in
court,
to
arrest
traitors
and other
offenders.
He is now
called
sergeant-at-arms,
and two of these
officers,
by
allowance
of the
sovereign,
attend
on the
houses
of
Parliament
(one for each
house)
to
execute
their
commands,
and
another
attends
the Court
Chancery..
Hemostatic
::
Hemostatic
(n.) A
medicine
or
application
to
arrest
hemorrhage.
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. i.) To
tarry;
to rest.
Lockup
::
Lockup
(n.) A place where
persons
under
arrest
are
temporarily
locked
up; a
watchhouse.
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