Arrestment
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In Scotch law
The seizure and securing of a criminal's person, till he undergo trial, or give bail. Ersh, Imt. b.
3, tit. 6, sect. 2.
A process for securing moveable effects in the hands of the possessor till the property be determined. This arrestment, termed rei servandcB causa, is a species of sequestration.
2 Kames' Equity, 173.
A process issued by a creditor for the purpose of securing the moveable effects belonging to his debtor in the hands of a third person (called the arrestee,) or a debt due his debtor by such person, and of preventing a transfer or payment until another process, called process of forthcoming, can be raised or obtained.* 2 Karnes' Equity, 173.
See Forthcoming.