Attach
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Attachiare, /. To take a person or goods by commandment of a writ or precept, and keep for presentment in court. Differing from an arrest in that the latter term is only used of persons; and a person arrested is handed over to a higher authority for keeping.