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

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

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

I also demand arrestment of the Knaves and Dastards, and nothing more whatever.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

By old practice, alimentary funds, i.e. those necessary for subsistence, were not liable to arrestment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The first of these is the bill which he introduced last session with the object of limiting the arrestment of wages.

From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)

The swifter fly the Sections, energetically demanding him back; demanding not arrestment of Popular Magistrates, but of a traitorous Twenty-two.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas