Arrestment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 211 U.S. 239 - Wilder v. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. · 1908Most cited · 82 citing opinions
Arrestment,' a word derived from the English statute, is a word of Scotch origin, and derived from the Scottish law, and thus defined by Bouvier: 'The order of a judge, by which he who is debtor in a movable obligation to the arrestor's debtor is prohibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrestor be paid or secured.
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