Part 650

<h1>Arrestation</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`res*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arrestation</ets>, LL. <ets>arrestatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Arrest.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>arrestation</b> of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. <i>H. M. Williams.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arrestee</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`res*tee"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arrest</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.</def>

<h1>Arrester</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rest"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who arrests.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>arrestor</asp>.]</altsp>

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<h1>Arresting</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw>Ar*rest"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Striking; attracting attention; impressive.</def>

<blockquote>This most solemn and <b>arresting</b> occurrence. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arrestive</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw>Ar*rest"ive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to arrest.</def>

<i>McCosh.</i>

<h1>Arrestment</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw>Ar*rest"ment</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>arrestement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stoppage or check.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Arr\'88t</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw>Ar*r\'88t</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Arrest</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(F. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An arrest; a legal seizure.</def>

<h1>Arret</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw>Ar*ret"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Aret</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Arrhaphostic</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw>Ar`rha*phos"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ to sew together.]</ety> <def>Seamless.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Arrhizal, Arrhizous</h1> <Xpage=84>

<hw><hw>Ar*rhi"zal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar*rhi"zous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ not rooted; <?/ priv. + <?/ a root.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.</def>