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