arrestment

British

/ əˈrɛstmənt /

noun

Scots law the seizure of money or property to prevent a debtor paying one creditor in advance of another

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Flight test aircraft could not engage the arrestment cable during tests at the Lakehurst, New Jersey, test facility.

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It lies at the bottom of the homestead exemptions of America, and our own prohibition of arrestment of tools and wages for debt, and our occasional measures for cancelling arrears.

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However, I was convinced that it could only be suspicions, founded on Aurelia's extraordinary conduct, which had led to my arrestment.

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My arrestment, no doubt, has arisen from the imputation against me of some heavy crime.

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ARRESTMENT, in Scots law, the process by which a creditor detains the goods or effects of his debtor in the hands of third parties till the debt due to him shall be paid.

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