Arrestment

In Scots law. The seizure and securing of a criminal's person till he undergoes trial or gives bail. A process for securing movable effects in the hands of the possessor till the property be determined — a species of sequestration. A process issued by a creditor to secure movable effects of his debtor in the hands of a third person, or a debt due his debtor by such person, and to prevent a transfer or payment until another process, called process of forthcoming, can be obtained, v. Forthcoming.