arrest

arrest
    n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
         criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
         collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {collar},
         {pinch}, {taking into custody}]
    2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
       negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
       the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
       to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
       [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop},
       {stoppage}]
    v 1: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
         criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest},
         {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
    2: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or
       influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth
       of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel
       movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: {check},
       {turn back}, {arrest}, {stop}, {contain}, {hold back}]
    3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye";
       "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: {catch}, {arrest},
       {get}]
    4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
       "halt the presses" [syn: {halt}, {hold}, {arrest}]
    

Arrest \Ar*rest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrested}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Arresting}.] [OE. aresten, OF. arester, F. arr[^e]ter,
   fr. LL. arrestare; L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re +
   stare to stand. See {Rest} remainder.]
   1. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as,
      to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
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            Nor could her virtues the relentless hand
            Of Death arrest.                      --Philips.
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   2. (Law) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law;
      as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
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   Note: After this word Shakespeare uses of ("I arrest thee of
         high treason") or on; the modern usage is for.
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   3. To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the
      eyes or attention. --Buckminster.
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   4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.]
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            We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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   Syn: To obstruct; delay; detain; check; hinder; stop;
        apprehend; seize; lay hold of.
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Arrest \Ar*rest"\, v. i.
   To tarry; to rest. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Arrest \Ar*rest"\, n. [OE. arest, arrest, OF. arest, F.
   arr[^e]t, fr. arester. See {Arrest}, v. t., {Arr?t}.]
   1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion,
      etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of
      development.
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            As the arrest of the air showeth.     --Bacon.
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   2. (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority
      of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate,
      or warrant.
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            William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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            [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests
            On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. --Shak.
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   Note: An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body;
         but it is sufficient in the party be within the power
         of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty
         law, and in old English practice, the term is applied
         to the seizure of property.
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   3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
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            The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of
            his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his
            troubled spirit.                      --Jer. Taylor.
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   4. (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a
      horse; -- also named rat-tails. --White.
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   {Arrest of judgment} (Law), the staying or stopping of a
      judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for
      this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.
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ARREST, v.t.  Formally to detain one accused of unusualness.

    God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
                                            _The Unauthorized Version_
    

ARREST. To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal
authority.
    

ARREST, in criminal cases. The apprehending or detaining of the person, in
order to be forthcoming to answer an alleged or suspected crime. The word
arrest is more properly used in civil cases, and apprehension in criminal. A
man is arrested under a capias ad respondendum, apprehended under a warrant
charging him with a larceny.
     2. It will be convenient to consider, 1, who may be arrested; 2, for
what crimes; 3, at what time; 4, in what places; 5, by whom and by what
authority.
     3.-1. Who may be arrested. Generally all persons properly accused of
a crime or misdemeanor, may be arrested; by the laws of the United States,
ambassadors (q.v.) and other public ministers are exempt from arrest.
     4.-2. For what offences an arrest may be made. It may be made for
treason, felony, breach of the peace, or other misdemeanor.
     5.-3. At what time. An arrest may be made in the night as well as in
the day time and for treasons, felonies, and breaches of the peace, on
Sunday as well as on other days. It may be made before as well as after
indictment found. Wallace's R. 23.
     6.-4. At what places. No place affords protection to offenders
against the criminal law; a man may therefore be arrested in his own house,
(q.v.) which may be broken into for the purpose of making the arrest.
     7.-5. Who may arrest and by what authority. An offender may be
arrested either without a warrant or with a warrant. First, an arrest may be
made without a warrant by a private individual or by a peace officer.
Private individuals are enjoined by law to arrest an offender when present
at the time a felony is committed, or a dangerous wound given. 11 Johns. R.
486 and vide Hawk. B. 1, c, 12, s. 1; c. 13, F3. 7, 8; 4 Bl. Com. 292; 1
Hale, 587; Com. Dig. Imprisonment, H 4; Bac. Ab. Trespass, D.
     3. Peace officers may, a fortiori, make an arrest for a crime or
misdemeanor committed in their view, without any warrant. 8 Serg. & R. 47.
An arrest may therefore be made by a constable, (q.v.) a justice of the
peace, (q.v.) sheriff, (q.v.) or coroner. (q.v.) Secondly, an arrest may
be made by  virtue of a warrant, (q.v.) which is the proper course when the
circumstances of the case will permit it. Vide, generally, 1 Chit. Cr. Law,
11 to 71; Russ. on Cr. Index, h.t.
    

387 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrest":
      Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy,
      abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acquired epilepsy,
      activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy,
      apprehend, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrested, arrestment,
      attach, attack, autonomic epilepsy, backpedal, backwater, balk,
      bearing rein, bell, bit, block, blockage, blocking, bottle up,
      brake, bridle, bring to, bring up short, bust, capture,
      cardiac epilepsy, catch, catching, cessation, chain, charm, check,
      checkmate, checkrein, chock, choke, clip the wings, clog, clogging,
      clonic spasm, clonus, closing up, closure, collar, collaring,
      compare, confine, constrain, constraint, constriction, contain,
      control, convulsion, cool, cool off, cooling, cooling down,
      cooling off, cortical epilepsy, countercheck, coup, cramp, curb,
      curb bit, cursive epilepsy, curtail, curtailment, cut short,
      cutoff, dam, dam up, damp, damper, dead stop, deadlock, decelerate,
      deceleration, delay, detain, detainment, detention,
      diurnal epilepsy, dompt, doorstop, drag, drag sail, dragnet,
      draw rein, drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, ease off, ease up,
      ease-off, ease-up, eclampsia, enchant, end, endgame, ending,
      engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts,
      engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enjoin, enthrall,
      epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor,
      epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy,
      exercise, falling sickness, fascinate, fetter, final whistle, fit,
      fixation, flagging, focal epilepsy, foot-dragging,
      forcible seizure, forestall, freeze, frenzy, frustrate, full stop,
      govern, grab, grabbing, grand mal, grinding halt, grip, guard, gun,
      halt, hamper, hampering, haute mal, hinder, hindering, hindrance,
      hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check,
      hold in leash, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hold up,
      holdback, holdup, hypnotize, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, immerse,
      immure, impede, impediment, imprison, imprisoned, in custody,
      incarcerate, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, intercept, interdict,
      interfere, interference, intermeddle, interpose, interrupt,
      interruption, intervene, involve, involve the interest, jail, keep,
      keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control,
      kidnapping, lag, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm,
      latent epilepsy, lay hands on, lay under restraint,
      legal restraint, let, let down, let up, letdown, letup, lock up,
      lockjaw, lockout, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed,
      make an arrest, make late, martingale, matutinal epilepsy, meddle,
      menstrual epilepsy, mesmerize, minus acceleration, moderate,
      monopolize, monopoly, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy,
      nab, nabbing, negativism, net, netting, nick, nocturnal epilepsy,
      nuisance value, obsess, obstruct, obstruction, obstructionism,
      occlusion, occupy, occupy the attention, oppose, opposition,
      paroxysm, pelham, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, pick up,
      picking up, pickup, pinch, power grab, prehension, preoccupy,
      prevent, prohibit, prohibition, protection, protectionism,
      protective tariff, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, pull,
      pull in, pull up, put paid to, put under arrest, rationing, reef,
      reflex epilepsy, rein, rein in, relax, remora, repress, repression,
      resist, resistance, restrain, restraint, restraint of trade,
      restriction, retard, retardation, retardment, retrench,
      retrenchment, rotatoria, run in, running in, scotch, sea anchor,
      seize, seizure, seizure of power, self-control, sensory epilepsy,
      serial epilepsy, set back, setback, shackle, sit-down strike,
      slack off, slack up, slack-up, slacken, slackening, slough, slow,
      slow down, slow up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup,
      snaffle, snatch, snatching, snub, spasm, spellbind, spoke, squeeze,
      stalemate, stall, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stem,
      stem the tide, stop, stop cold, stop dead, stop short, stop up,
      stoppage, straiten, stranglehold, stricture, strike, stroke,
      suppress, suppression, take, take captive, take in, take in sail,
      take into custody, take prisoner, take up, taking, taking in,
      taking into custody, tardy epilepsy, tariff wall, tetanus, tetany,
      thought control, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis,
      throttle down, thwart, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, torsion spasm,
      trammel, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, visitation,
      walkout, withhold, withstand, work stoppage