Top Arrest Quotes
Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument just one more tim...
Arrest Definition
(v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
(v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
(v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
(v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
(v. i.) To tarry; to rest.
(v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
(v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
(v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral.
(v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.