ARRESTMENT, in Scots law, signifies the securing of a criminal till trial, or till he find caution to stand
trial, in what are called hailable crimes. In civil cases, it signifies either the detaining of strangers or natives in meditatione fugæ, till they find caution juridico filii, or the attaching the effects of a stranger in order to found jurisdiction. See SCOTS LAW, tit. Jurisdiction and Judges in general. But, in the most general acceptance of the word, it denotes that diligence by which a creditor detains the goods or effects of his debtor in the hands of third parties till the debt due to him be either paid or secured. See SCOTS LAW, tit. Arrestments and Poindings.
ARRESTO facto super bonis, &c. a writ brought by a denizen against the goods of aliens found within this kingdom, as a recompence for goods taken from him in a foreign country.