Arrestare
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
arestare, I. I.
In old English law. To arrest; to take or seize a person; to take or seize a chattel. Arrestari et imprisonari: to be arrested and imprisoned. Arrestentnr corpora eorum: their bodies shall be arrested.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I., Arrester,/;-. To arrest, to take
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. To arrest; to take or seize a person. Arrestentur corpora eorum; their bodies shall be arrested. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 11. Quod ipsum Willielmum ubicunque inventus fuerit, arrestari faciatis; that you cause the said William, wherever he may be found, to be arrested. Reg. Orig. 24 b. Arrestari et imprisonari; to be arrested and imprisoned. Id. 184 b. Capi et arrestari; to be taken and arrested. Id. 278 b. To take or seize a chattel, as a vessel. Navem arrestavit et sub arresto detinuit; he arrested a vessel and detained it under arrest. Reg. Orig. 105. T. Raym. 490. To seize a horse, ox or cow. Reg. Orig. 94, 102. See Id. 127.