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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
taking
or
apprehending
of a
person
by
authority
of law; legal
restraint;
custody.
Also, a
decree,
mandate,
or
warrant..
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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..
Point
::
Point (n.) That which
arrests
attention,
or
indicates
qualities
or
character;
a
salient
feature;
a
characteristic;
a
peculiarity;
hence,
a
particular;
an item; a
detail;
as, the good or bad
points
of a man, a
horse,
a book, a
story,
etc..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) Any
seizure
by
power,
physical
or
moral..
Hysterogenic
::
Hysterogenic
(a.)
Producing
hysteria;
as, the
hysterogenicpressure
points
on the
surface
of the body,
pressure
upon which is said both to
produce
and
arrest
an
attack
of
hysteria..
Pause
::
Pause (n.) In
speaking
or
reading
aloud,
a brief
arrest
or
suspension
of
voice,
to
indicate
the
limits
and
relations
of
sentences
and their
parts..
Arrester
::
Arrester
(n.) The
person
at whose suit an
arrestment
is made.
Atrophied
::
Atrophied
(p. a.)
Affected
with
atrophy,
as a
tissue
or
organ;
arrested
in
development
at a very early
stage;
rudimentary..
Apprehend
::
Apprehend
(v. t.)
Hence:
To take or seize (a
person)
by legal
process;
to
arrest;
as, to
apprehend
a
criminal..
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..
Dashy
::
Dashy (a.)
Calculated
to
arrest
attention;
ostentatiously
fashionable;
showy.
Sparker
::
Sparker
(n.) A spark
arrester.
Arrested
::
Arrested
(imp. & p. p.) of
Arres.
Jerk
::
"Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and
suddenly
arrested
motion
of the hand; as, to jerk a
stone..
Arrestment
::
Arrestment
(n.) The
arrest
of a
person,
or the
seizure
of his
effects;
esp., a
process
by which money or
movables
in the
possession
of a third party are
attached..
Check
::
Check (n.) A
condition
of
interrupted
or
impeded
progress;
arrest;
stop;
delay;
as, to hold an enemy in
check..
Catch
::
Catch (v. t.) To seize after
pursuing;
to
arrest;
as, to catch a
thief..
Stopped
::
Stoppage
(n.) The act of
stopping,
or
arresting
progress,
motion,
or
action;
also, the state of being
stopped;
as, the
stoppage
of the
circulation
of the
blood;
the
stoppage
of
commerce..
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..
Bailiff
::
Bailiff
(n.) A
sheriff's
deputy,
appointed
to make
arrests,
collect
fines,
summon
juries,
etc..
Unattached
::
Unattached
(a.) Not taken or
arrested.
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