ARREST

ARREST, in common Law,an Execution of the Command of some Court, or Officer of Justice—Hence, when a Person is legally stopped, apprehended, and restrained of his Liberty, for Debt, etc. he is said to be arrested, or put under an Arrest; which is the beginning of Imprisonment.

See ATTACHMENT, IMPRISONMENT, and HAUTRELOUPE.



To move or plead in Arrest of Judgment, is to show Cause why Judgment should be stayed, though there be a Verdict in the Cause. See JUDGMENT and VERDICT.

To plead in Arrest of taking the Inquest, is to show Cause why an Inquest should not be taken. See INQUEST.

The Word Arrest, is originally French, and is used by them for a Decree, or Determination of a Cause debated to and fro: In which Sense it seems derived from the Greek ἀρεστή, placitum, the Pleasure of the Court. See ARNER.

ARREST