Attach

[L. Lat. attachiare; from Fr. attacher, to tie or bind to.] In practice. To take or apprehend by commandment of a writ or precept, commonly called an attachment.

Cowell.

Termes de la ley.

Spelman.

Applied both to persons and property. See Attachment. Various distinctions are made in the old books, between the significations of the words attach and arrest, which have ceased however to be of any practical value. Arrest (q. v.) is now entirely confined to the taking of the person.