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Definition of arrest
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Arrest
(v. t.) Any
seizure
by
power,
physical
or
moral..
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Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) To take,
seize,
or
apprehend
by
authority
of law; as, to
arrest
one for debt, or for a
crime..
Right
::
Right (a.) That which one has a legal or
social
claim to do or to
exact;
legal
power;
authority;
as, a
sheriff
has a right to
arrest
a
criminal..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. i.) To
tarry;
to rest.
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..
Tourniquet
::
Tourniquet
(n.) An
instrument
for
arresting
hemorrhage.
It
consists
essentially
of a pad or
compress
upon which
pressure
is made by a band which is
tightened
by a screw or other
means.
Sparker
::
Sparker
(n.) A spark
arrester.
Designate
::
Designate
(v. t.) To mark out and make
known;
to point out; to name; to
indicate;
to show; to
distinguish
by marks or
description;
to
specify;
as, to
designate
the
boundaries
of a
country;
to
designate
the
rioters
who are to be
arrested..
Degradation
::
Degradation
(n.)
Arrest
of
development,
or
degeneration
of any
organ,
or of the body as a
whole..
Privilege
::
Privilege
(v. t.) To grant some
particular
right or
exemption
to; to
invest
with a
peculiar
right or
immunity;
to
authorize;
as, to
privilege
representatives
from
arrest..
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..
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..
Bail
::
Bail
(v./t.)
To set free, or
deliver
from
arrest,
or out of
custody,
on the
undertaking
of some other
person
or
persons
that he or they will be
responsible
for the
appearance,
at a
certain
day and
place,
of the
person
bailed..
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..
Check
::
Check (n.) A
condition
of
interrupted
or
impeded
progress;
arrest;
stop;
delay;
as, to hold an enemy in
check..
Ergot
::
Ergot (n.) The
mycelium
or spawn of this
fungus
infecting
grains
of rye and
wheat.
It is a
powerful
remedial
agent,
and also a
dangerous
poison,
and is used as a means of
hastening
childbirth,
and to
arrest
bleeding..
Arrested
::
Arrested
(imp. & p. p.) of
Arres.
Watchhouse
::
Watchhouse
(n.) A place where
persons
under
temporary
arrest
by the
police
of a city are kept; a
police
station;
a
lockup.
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..
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..
Arrester
::
Arrester
(n.) The
person
at whose suit an
arrestment
is made.
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