Arrestment
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
sn the Scotch law; by this term is sometimes meant the securing of a criminal’s person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security judicio sisty, Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 1, 2, 12. It is also the order of a judge, by which he who is debtor in a moveable obligation to the arrester’s debtor, is prohibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrester be paid or secured, Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 3, 6, 1. See Attachment, foreign. Where arrestdebtor’s’ giving security to the arrester for his debt, in the event it shall be found due.
Ib. -3, 6, 7.