ARRETTED, arrectatus, i. e. ad rectum vocatus. Convened before a judge and
charged with a crime. Ad rectum malefactorem, is, according to Bracton, to
have a malefactor forthcoming to be put on his trial. Sometimes it is used
for imputed or laid to his charge; as, no folly may be arretted to any one
under age. Bract. 1. 3, tr. 2, c. 10; Cunn. Dict. h.t.