arrest : Idioms & Phrases
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Arrest of judgment
(Law) , the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.
Webster 1913
arrest warrant
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noun a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
bench warrant.
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arrested development
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noun an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
fixation; infantile fixation; regression.
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cardiac arrest
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noun absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
asystole; cardiac arrest.
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cardiopulmonary arrest
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noun absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
asystole; cardiac arrest.
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house arrest
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noun confinement to your own home
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Malicious prosecution ∨ arrest
(Law) , a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.
Webster 1913
Parol arrest
(Law) , an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate.
Webster 1913
resisting arrest
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noun physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest
