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Definition of arrest
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of arrest is as below...
Arrest
(v. t.) To stop; to check or
hinder
the
motion
or
action
of; as, to
arrest
the
current
of a
river;
to
arrest
the
senses..
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Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) The act of
stopping,
or
restraining
from
further
motion,
etc.;
stoppage;
hindrance;
restraint;
as, an
arrest
of
development..
Designate
::
Designate
(v. t.) To mark out and make
known;
to point out; to name; to
indicate;
to show; to
distinguish
by marks or
description;
to
specify;
as, to
designate
the
boundaries
of a
country;
to
designate
the
rioters
who are to be
arrested..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. i.) To
tarry;
to rest.
Stopped
::
Stoppage
(n.) The act of
stopping,
or
arresting
progress,
motion,
or
action;
also, the state of being
stopped;
as, the
stoppage
of the
circulation
of the
blood;
the
stoppage
of
commerce..
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) The
taking
or
apprehending
of a
person
by
authority
of law; legal
restraint;
custody.
Also, a
decree,
mandate,
or
warrant..
Arrester
::
Arrester
(n.) The
person
at whose suit an
arrestment
is made.
Sparker
::
Sparker
(n.) A spark
arrester.
Arresting
::
Arresting
(a.)
Striking;
attracting
attention;
impressive.
Warrant
::
Warrant
(n.) A
precept
issued
by a
magistrate
authorizing
an
officer
to make an
arrest,
a
seizure,
or a
search,
or do other acts
incident
to the
administration
of
justice..
Catch
::
Catch (v. t.) To seize after
pursuing;
to
arrest;
as, to catch a
thief..
Jerk
::
"Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and
suddenly
arrested
thrust,
push, pull, or
twist,
to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the
elbow;
to jerk a coat off..
Arrestment
::
Arrestment
(n.) A
stoppage
or
check.
Arrestive
::
Arrestive
(a.)
Tending
to
arrest.
Arrest
::
Arrest
(v. t.) Any
seizure
by
power,
physical
or
moral..
Cairn
::
Cairn (n.) A pile of
stones
heaped
up as a
landmark,
or to
arrest
attention,
as in
surveying,
or in
leaving
traces
of an
exploring
party,
etc..
Strangulated
::
Strangulated
(a.)
Having
the
circulation
stopped
by
compression;
attended
with
arrest
or
obstruction
of
circulation,
caused
by
constriction
or
compression;
as, a
strangulated
hernia..
Rest
::
Rest (v. t.) To
arrest.
Attach
::
Attach
(v. t.) To take by legal
authority:
(a) To
arrest
by writ, and bring
before
a
court,
as to
answer
for a debt, or a
contempt;
--
applied
to a
taking
of the
person
by a civil
process;
being now
rarely
used for the
arrest
of a
criminal.
(b) To seize or take
(goods
or real
estate)
by
virtue
of a writ or
precept
to hold the same to
satisfy
a
judgment
which may be
rendered
in the suit. See
Attachment,
4..
Right
::
Right (a.) That which one has a legal or
social
claim to do or to
exact;
legal
power;
authority;
as, a
sheriff
has a right to
arrest
a
criminal..
Tourniquet
::
Tourniquet
(n.) An
instrument
for
arresting
hemorrhage.
It
consists
essentially
of a pad or
compress
upon which
pressure
is made by a band which is
tightened
by a screw or other
means.
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