Ar-rēst′ment, n.

n. [O. Fr. arrestement, Pr. arrestament.] (Scots Law.) (a.) The securing of a criminal until he undergoes trial, or finds caution or bail, or the securing of a debtor until he gives security. (b.) The attachment, by a creditor, of the movable estate of a debtor, or the order of a judge, by which a person owing the arrester’s debtor is prohibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrester is paid or secured. Ed. Encyc.