Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arrestment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arrestment \Ar*rest"ment\, n. [OF. arrestement.]
1. (Scots Law) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his
effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the
possession of a third party are attached.
2. A stoppage or check. --Darwin.
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