ARRESTEE
\ɐɹˈɛstiː], \ɐɹˈɛstiː], \ɐ_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t_iː]\
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By Noah Webster.
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In Scotch law. The person in whose hands the movables of another, or a debt due to another, are arrested by the creditor of the latter by the process of arrestment. 2 Kames, Eq. 173, 175.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Law of Scotland. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment. If, in contempt of the arrestment, he shall make payment of the sum, or deliver the goods arrested to the common debtor, he is not only liable criminally for breach of the arrestment, but he must pay the debt again to the arrester. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 3, 6, 6.
By John Bouvier
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