Arrect

To accuse. Arrectati, those accused or suspected. ARRENDAMIENTO (Spanish). In Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land (heredac^. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 14. c. 1. ARREST (Pr. mreter, to stay, to stop, to detain). To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority. The seizing a person and detaining him in the custody of the law. As ordinarily used, the terms "arrest" and "attachment" coincide in meaning to some extent; though in strictness, as a distinction, an arrest may be said to be the which is sometimes given to attachment, including the act of taking, it would seem to differ from arrest in that it is more peculiarly applicable to a taking of property, while arrest is more commonly used in speaking of persons. The terms are, however, often interchanged when speaking of the taking a man by virtue of legal authority. Arrest is also applied in some instances to a seizure and detention of personal chattels, especially of ships and vessels, but this use of the term is not common in modern law. In Civil Practice. The apprehension of a person by virtue of a lawful authority to answer the demand against him in a civil action. In Criminal Practice. The apprehending of a person to answer for an alleged or suspected crime. The word "arrest" is said to be more properly used in civil cases, and "apprehension" in criminal. In Admiralty Practice. The seizure of a vessel on process in an action in rem.