arrestment
English
noun
Definitions
- The action of arresting (in any sense)
- (legal) The process that prohibits a debtor from making payment to the creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid.
Etymology
Suffix from English arrest.
Origin
English
arrest
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arrest English
- arrestability English
- arrestable English
- arrestee English
- arrester English
- arrestest English
- arresteth English
- arrestin English
- arrestive English
- arrestor English
- dearrest English
- nonarrest English
- postarrest English
- prearrest English
- rearrest English
- self-arrest English
- unarrest English
- arester Old French
- arestio Welsh
- arest Tok Pisin
- arestim Tok Pisin