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arrestation|ærɛˈsteɪʃən|
[a. F. arrestation, n. of action f. arrester: see arrest v. and -ation.]
The action of arresting; arrest. a. Stopping.
1793T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) IV. 72 This necessary arrestation of the proceedings. 1881Tyndall in Nature XXIV. 467 The arrestation of infusorial life.
b. Apprehension by legal authority. (More or less a Gallicism.)
1792Hel. Williams Lett. on France I. i. (Jod.) The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. 1803Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 70/2 The arrestation of Colonel Despard..at an obscure public house in Lambeth. 1823Bentham Not Paul 96 That visit of Paul to Jerusalem, by which his arrestation and..confinement were produced. 1835Reeve De Tocquev. Democr. in Amer. I. v. 131 The arrestation of criminals. |