ARRESTER

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

arrester
    n 1: a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
         deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: {arrester}, {arrester
         hook}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Arrester \Ar*rest"er\, n.
   1. One who arrests.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
      made. [Also written {arrestor}.]
      [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

ARRESTER, law of Scotland. One who sues out and obtains an arrestment of his
debtor's goods or movable obligations. Ersk. Pr. L. Soot. 3, 6, 1.

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