arrestment

British  

/ əˈrɛstmənt /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Even sound has been included in Nature's arrestment, for, indeed, save the still white frost, all things seem to be obliterated.

From The Shape of Fear by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson

Poised in the very attitude of preparation, a sudden change of expression showed in her still eyes, or rather an arrestment of expression; the features remained fixed and immovable, while the brain worked.

From What a Man Wills by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

After my first arrestment of surprise, I had gone aside a little, yet not so far but I could observe him, and the low oaken door at which he knocked.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

In every township of France sit revolutionary committees for arrestment of suspects; notable also is the Tribunal Révolutionnaire, and our Supreme Committee of Public Safety, of nine members.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

"And how are they to bring in Alan till they can catch him?" says I. "Ah, but there is a way to evite that arrestment," said he.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis