Arrest

To stop or stay by authority of law. To stop or detain a person, and resti-ain his liberty until he complies with some exigency of law. To stop or stay a legal proceeding; particularly the judgment of a court, by some rule or order of the same court. To apprehend a person by virtue of legal process,to either hold him in custody, or to compel him otherwise to comply with the exigency of the process. To subject a person to the operation of legal process, by bringing his body within the power of the officer executing such process. To take or seize property.