Attach
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
To take or apprehend by commandment of a writ or precept. It differs from arrest, becauselit takes not only the boy, but sometimes the goods, whereas an arrest is only against the person; besides, he whe attaches keeps the party attached in order to produce him in court on the day named, but he who arrests lodges the person arrested in the custody of a higher